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3. SETA'RIA Pal. de Beauv. 



1. S. vir'idis (Beauv.) ; pan. spikelike, involucral bristles with 

 forward teeth, lower pale smooth. Panicum L., JE. B. 875. 

 p 68. London and Norwich. A. Vil. VIII. E. 



[S. verticilldta (Beauv.) ; pan. spikelike, involucral bristles 

 with declining teeth, lower pale smooth. E. B. 874. P. 69. 

 London and Norwich. A. VII. VIII.] E. 



[S. glauca (Beauv.) ; pan. spikelike, invol. bristles with as- 

 cending teeth, pales transversely rugose. Weybridge, SUIT. 

 A. XL] E. 



Tribe II. Chlorides. 

 4. CAP'RIOLA Adans. (Cynodon Eich, ed. viii.) 



1. C. Dac'tylon (0. Kuntze) ; spikes 3 5 digitate, pales 

 smooth their edges and keel slightly ciliate, 1. downy beneath, 

 barren shoots prostrate, .-'. J5. 850. P. 72. Creeping. Flow- 

 ering st. 4 6 in. high, ending in a cluster of spreading many-fl. 

 slender spikes. Spikelets purplish. L. on the long branched / > 

 ban en shoots flat, spreading; on the others usually folded. 

 Sandy shores. Dorset. Devon. Cornwall. P. VIII. E. 



5. SPARTI'NA Schreb. 



1. S. stric'ta (Roth) ; 1. jointed to their sheaths falling short_ 

 of the spikes, spikes 2 3, rachis scarcely extending beyond t/,e 

 last spikelet, outer gl. hairy. E. B. 380. St. 12 feet high! 

 L. narrowing to the base where they easily separate from their 

 sheaths. Spikes pressed close together. A remarkably rigid 

 plant. Muddy salt marshes. P. VIII. E. 



2. S. Townsendi (GrovSs) ; 1. jointed to their sheaths falling 

 short of spike, spikelets 4 9, rachis produced beyond the spikelets 

 and flexuose, outer glumes slightly downy. J. of B. xx. 1. 

 t. 225. St. 1J to 4ft. high. L. broadest at the base. Spikelets 

 rather spreading. Mud-flats. I. of Wight, Hants, Sussex, 

 Kent. P. VIII. E. 



3. S. aHerniflora (Loisel.) ; 1. continuous with their sheaths 

 equalling or exceeding the 6 8 spikes, spikelets many, rachis 

 produced beyond the spikelets and flexuose, outer gl. glabrous. 

 E. B. S. 2812. P. 75. St. 23 feet high. L. broadest at 

 the base. Spikes loosely pressed together. Mud-flats by 

 Southampton Water. P. VIII. E. 



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