96 TRIANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Dimtaria, 



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37. DIGITARIA. Finger-grass. 



Hall. Hist. V. 2. 244. Juss. 29. ISfutt. Gen. Amer. 55. Beauv. Agr. 



50. t.lO.f. 12. 

 Syrltherisma. Schrad. Germ. v. 1. 160. 



Cal. single-flowered, of 3 very unequal, close-pressed, awnless 

 valves ; the outermost minute, triangular, occasionally 

 M^anting ; the next largest, as long as the corolla, concave, 

 ribbed ; the third mnermost, opposite to the latter, hardly 

 one fourth its size, lanceolate, flattish, slightly ribbed. 

 Cor. of 2 unequal, elliptical, awnless, finally horny valves; 

 the outer shaped like the larger valve of the calyx, and 

 about as large, inflexed at the edges; inner narrower, 

 flat. Filam. capillary, rather longer than the glumes. 

 AyitJi. short, cloven at each end. Germ, ovate. Styles 

 thread-shaped, about the length of the stamens. Stigmas 

 short, feathery, dense. Seed ovate, coated by the harden- 

 ed polished corolla. 



Root fibrous, generally annual. Herbage coarse. Leaves 

 broad, ribbed, with long, warty, often hairy, sheaths. 

 Spikes several, alternate, rather close together. Fl. on 

 short, divided, partial stalks, unilateral, alternate, in 2 

 rows, on a zigzag, bordered common stalk. 



1 . D. sanguinalis. Cock's-foot Finger-grass. 



Leaves and their sheaths somewhat hairy. Flowers in pairs. 

 Calyx rough at the edges of its largest valve only. 



D. sanguinalis. Sco-p.Carn. v.X.bl. 



D. n. 1526. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 244. 



Panicumsanguinale. Linn. Sp. PI. S4. Willd. v.]. 342. Fl.Br.66. 



Engl. Bot. V. 12. t. 849. Curt. Lond.fasc. 4. t. 7. Knapp 1. 12. 



Mart. Bust. t.78. Hook. Scot.2\. Schreb. Gram. v. 1. 119. ^. 16. 



Ehrh. Calam. 1 14. 

 Syntherisma vulgare. Schreb. Germ. v. I. 161. 

 GramenDactylon folio latiore. Bauh. Theatr. 114. f. RaiiSyn. 399. 



Scheuchz. Agr. 101. t.2.f. \l, G, H. Moris. Hist. v.3. 184. n.2. 



sect. 8. t.3.f.2. 

 Ischaemon vulgare. Lob. Ic. v. 1.24. f. Ger.Em.27.f. 



In sandy cultivated fields, but rare. 



In Ray's time it was found at Great Witchinghani, Norfolk, and 

 about Elden, Suffolk, by Thomas Willlseil. Hudson found it 

 near Guildford. There are specimens in Lighlfool's herbarium, 

 gathered near Brandon, Norfolk, and at Henham, Suffolk. Bat- 

 tersea fields have long been known to produce this grass, which 



