TRIANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Milium. 87 



Root perennial, or annual. Stems erect, leafy, jointed. Pa- 

 nicle loose or dense, much branched. 



The hardened corolla, forming a coat to the seed, affords a 

 mark of distinction between this genus and Agrostis, no 

 less obvious than important, as those most deeply versed 

 in grasses will most readily allow. 



1. M. effusiim. Spreading Millet-grass. 

 Flowers in a loose spreading panicle, without awns. 



M. effusum. Linn. Sp. PL 90. Willd. v. 1 . 360. Fl. Br. 75. Engl. 



Bot. V. 16. t. 1106. Curt. Lond. fasc. 4. t. 12. Knapp t. 19. 



Hook. Scot. 24. Leers\8.t.8.f.7. " Fl. Dan. t.\l43." Schrad. 



Gertn.v.l.]97. Sincl. 309. 

 M. n. 1525. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 243. 



Gramen miliaceum. RaiiSyn. 402. Ger.Em.Q.f. Lob.Ic.S.f. 

 G. miliaceum vulgare. Moris, v. 3. 197. sect. 8. t. 5.f. 10. 

 G. sylvaticum, panicula miliacea sparsa. Bauh. Pin.8. Theatr. 140. 



/. 141. Scheuchz. Agr. \33.t.3.f.Q. 



In rather moist shady places^ frequent. 



Perennial. June, July. 



Root fibrous, with several creeping shoots. Stems erects slender, 

 3 or 4 feet high, round, jointed, leafy, smooth. Leaves bright 

 green, broad, flat, withasingle rib and rough edges ; thfir sheaths 



■ strongly ribbed, very smooth. Stipula oblong, a little jagged. 

 Panicle large, erect, lax, widely spreading, of several alternate 

 tufts, or half whorls, of slender, variously compound branches, 

 scarcely rough, except in their upper part. Fl. solitary, slightly 

 drooping, ovate. Cal. permanently green, roughish, of 2 ellip- 

 tical, expanded, concave, ribbed, nearly equal valves. Cor. 

 nearly the shape and size of the calyx, to which it is opposite, 

 not contrary; at first of a greenish white, polished; after flower- 

 ing yellowish and horny, the larger valve embracing the other, 

 and both together forming a sliining hard coat to the seed. Awn 

 none. Nectary a deeply cloven membrane. Anth. deeply cloven 

 at each end. Styles short, combined. Stigm. feathery. 



2. M. lendigerum. Panick Millet-grass. 

 Flowers in a dense spiked panicle. Corolla awned. 



M. lendigerum. Linn. Sp. PL 91. Willd. v. 1 . 359. FL Br. 76. 



Engl. Bot. V. 16. M 107. FL Grcec. v. 1.49. t. 65. Schreb. Gram. 



V.2. 14. t.23.f.3. 

 Agrostis australis. Linn. Mant. 1. 30. 

 A. rubra. Huds. cd. 1. 26. 



A. ventricosa. Gouan Hort. 39. t. l.f. 2. Knapp t. 25. 

 Alopccurus vcntricosus. Huds. cd. 2. 28. 



