388 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
ated at apex, Lae ous, scabrous the mar, sheaths closely embracing the cu 
smooth ; [i very 8 ; pilose oie fim briate. "p ‘anicle t Aoesy if , large,—the vanced 
ish, long, slender, semi-verticill late, with a tuft of soft hairs at base 
Be tanh ti case's mapper hos ulate, 3 -5- (mostly 3-) flowered. Lowest pnd aaah. ses- 
sile, naked at base ; upper ge orets pedice llate,—the e pedic icels finally clothed with long w white 
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young panic Palee very unequal, —the lower one with a long slender acumination, 
which is invol ute, resembling an awn. 
Margins of swamps and swampy streams. Fl. August. Fr. September. 
. This grass appea e indigenous in both hemispheres. It 
but little Poa nto: yet, being so remarkably large 
ing Indian Corn in size), I have concluded to give ita ieee here. 
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17. ARUNDINA’RIA, Mz. Cant. 
[Name formed from Arundo, a reed.] 
Spikelets compressed, 5 — 14-flowered ; florets somewhat separated on the 
rachis. Giumes membranaceous, very small, the lower one 
_— 3, lon nee than the that Stamens 3. Grain oblong, fr = 
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ich or racemes, yga MOUS 
4:4 Ll | 4h 
1, A. macrosper’ma, Mz. Leaves linear-l 
panicle simple ; spikelets few, very large. 
Lone or LarcE-szEeDED ARUNDINARIA. Cane. 
* Root perennial, czespitose (creeping rhizomas). begs th 3-15 feet high (30 feet or more 
in the gigantic variety), terete, glabrous, fistular, rigid, branching towards the prgoorsin 
- saigiay ete Leaves distii chous, peated a large, flat, slightly acuminate, pubes- 
r sw ate: > alanis he uch longer than the intern rnodes, marcescent ,—t —the 
barby ca tom: hawt bristly. Panicle simple,—the peduncles about an inch long, 
pubescent. Spikes -3 inches in length. 
Rich, ae inundated, soils : South-Western States. #7. March-April. Fr. 
Bi the small bn of this species, as it grows 
tages iter of the f the | Swamp, ia,—I cannot speak, from per- 
the arborescent Sie which fo rims the celebrated 
Cane hecewe of the the ippi region. Although this remarkable grass 
has but little connection with Agriculture, I have t be 
i to a brief notice ; for which . ELLIoTT’s 
sketch of Botany of South eorgia. The 
culms of this species are well known from their common use as 
rods. 
18. LO’LIUM, L. Danrnen. 
[The ancient Latin name.] 
many-flowered, solitary on each joint of the ETON gh PER 
tee of the spt piace wards the rachis. Glumes umes (except at 
