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TRIANDRIA DTGYNIA. 



CYNODON. 



Gramina. Z*n. — Gramineyo. Juss, Drown. 



dactyhn. C. spicis 



3—5 



digitatis, perianlliiis 



glabris subciliatis gluma loiigioribus, 

 setula imberbi ad basin valvulae inte- 



rioris. Brown. Prod. 43. Hort. Gram. 



290. et Ic. Engl Fl. 95. % 



Panicum dactylon. JVtlld. Sp. PI. \. p. 



342. Hort. Kcw. 1. p. 142. J^/. Br. 67. 



JEJw£-/. 5o^. i5. 850. 

 Creeping Dog's-tooth Grass. Smith. 

 Devil's Grass.* 



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* Tills is the Durva, Dub, or Doob-grass of the Hindoos. 

 vid. Lambert, in Lin. Tr. 6. Its babitat in Britain is about 

 Penzance and Marketjue, in Cornwall.— M. Br. It is there- 

 fore a native of at least tbree quarters of the g^lobe. It is a most 

 injurious weed if allowed to g-row with cultivated plants, but 

 is highly valuable as fodder, and can easily be exterminated. 



