FKS'I'ICK.K. 



4C)'J 



Tall perennials with liirgo Ihit biuilvs. I'aniclo vuriiiblo, di-iisi' or 

 more or less spn'atliiij;. 



'I'licri' arc ti or 7 species widely dilTuscd in warm fountrics of 

 Kiiropc, India. Malay and .Mada<,'as('ar islands, Nuw /ealand, and 

 America. 



1. A. Do.vAX li. Sp. ri. SI (1 ;:.:!). (iiwT i:i:i;i»-fiHAss. 

 AvKudo srri/iforia L. Aniocn. Ac. 4: l.jt) (ll.">'.t). Anntilu sdlivti 

 Lam. V\. Kr. ;5:tll<J (!MS). Jfnniix nnnti/ittdtriis Meaiiv. Agrost. 



78. /. n; (isi-»). .1. .Kmipiiit Ueiiic, 



Fl. A\'^. Illiistr. 4 {lSi:5). IhHK.r sali- 

 nts. I'rcsl, Cyp. ot (li'aiu. Sic. :i'i 

 0>S-.Mi). 



Cnlins ;>-() in. liif,di, from .stout 

 rootstocks. Leaf -blades lanceolate- 

 acuminate. 5-7 cm. wide. I'anicle 

 tawny, IJO-fio cm. or more long. Spike- 

 lets 2-;}-lloweivd: empty glumes 10-1 -t 

 mm. long; lloral glume slender, acumi- 

 nate, sliorttn* than the emi)ty glumes. 

 silky-i)ubescent below, l-O-nerved. awn 

 erect, often twice a.slung as the teeth. 



This nuijestic grass is often culti- 

 vated for its large size, broad leaves, and beautiful [)anicles. A 

 variegateii form is alsio cultivated. 



Introduced from .southern Europe. 



lOG. ('^l-.'). PhrAGMITES Trin. Fund. Agrcst. l.'U (18:20). in 

 part. Trirhuoit h'oth, Koem. Arch. 1 : i), I:] (K'DS). Aruiidn 

 Beauv. Agrost. <i() (1812). (Jxvvnija Presl, Cyp. et (Irani. Sic. •.'■.' 

 (IS^O). O.njtinfhv Steud. Sym. IM. Oram, litr (lS.5-'i). 



Spikelets 'l- to many-tlowered, in a large much-branched i)ani- 

 cle, rachilla elongated and articulate between the ilorets. and 

 covered with very long silky hairs. Emi)ty glumes thin, keeled, 

 acute or slightly pointed; floral glume like the empty glumes ex- 

 cept the longer point, the lower one enclosing a male or rudimentary 

 flower; i)alea much shorter than its glume, hyaline, "^-ribljed. 

 Stigmas nearly sessile. 



Fid. !)). — .l/''///(/o Donax. A, 

 spikclfi ; /', pulcii ; c, pistil. 

 (Scrii)iit'r. ) 



