12i 64. Vulpia. 10. GRAMINE.E. Pl.end.ph. 



Walls and barren };>laces ; biennial ; "May to September. 



Hoot fibrous, in tufts; culms many, 12 in. high, upright, 

 very smooth; radical leaves none; stem-leaves 3 to 6, short; 

 sheaths bellied above, inclosing part of the panicle; ligula 

 white ; panicle 6 in. long, pale green ; lower peduncle many- 

 flowered. 



2. Vulpia IromoMes. Bromelike capons-tail. 

 Pariicle short, spikeshape, fevvflowcred, upright; locusicB 



smoothish ; i/uicr spathelle half the length of the outer; 

 culm naked above; ligula scarcely visible. 



Festnca bromoides, Lin. S. P. 110. 

 Bromus Derloniensii;, Allioni Fed. 2,2225. 

 Broinus ambiguus, CurillL 



Walls and barren places ; biennial ; May to September, 

 Cvlra 6 in. high, usually branched at bottom ; leaves 

 bristlelike, short ; ligula brown ; panicle 3 to 9-flowered ; 

 peduncle 1-flowered; margiii of the inner spathellule pu- 

 bescent. 



jS. sciur aides. Culm very high. 



Festuca sciuroidcs, Roth. Germ, 1,46, et 2, 130. 



3. Vulpia maritima. Sea capons-tail. 



Panicle scarcely branched, spikeshape, upright, few- 

 flowered ; locustis. smooth ; inner spathelle very minute, 

 scarcely perceptible ; ligula short, obtuse. 



Festuca avciiacea sterilis hurailiima spica unum partem spectante, Rati 

 Syn. 413,3. 

 *■ Lolium bromoides. Hud. Fl. Ang. 55. 



Stipa peiinata, Lin. Sp. P. 116. 



Festuca uniglumis, Sulander in Alton II. Kem. 1, 108. 



Sandy sea-shores; biennial; June. 



Root fibrous ; culms angular, man}-, branched, leafy, 6 in. 

 high ; leaves subinvolute, smooth ; sheaths long, smooth ; 

 panicle 12 in. long; locus tee upright. 



XXIV. 65. GLYCERIA. R. Brown. Manna-grass. 

 Glume 5 to 7-flowei'ed ; spathelles parallel, truncated, 

 shorter than the locustas ; edge membranous, transparent; 

 lower spathelhde torn, manytoothed, boatshapc : iipper 

 2-toothed, embracing ; lodicide almost connate, cordate ; 

 stigmata feathered; cariopsis fewliyrowed. — Rachis panicled ; 

 panicle scarcely branched, facing one way. 



