KNAFPIA, 



lNTR0i5UCTI0N/ 



Knapp^. grass. Geneneric character: calyx l-flowered, S-valved, truncated 



hairs, united at the base, parallel, enclosing the fructification. 

 agrostkka, ann. bent like Knapp's grass, indi^. 



xlJx 



Corolla like 



M 



ay. E. Bot 1127. 



SYNTHERISMA. 



DIGIT ARIA 



CRYFSIS, 



* I 



PHALARIS. 



PHLEUM. 



i-n. 



'a 2 Valves. 



synthcrisma. Genevic character : calyx 1-flowered, 3-valved, pressed close to the corolla „ 

 equal, third valve smallest. Corolla, exterior valve convex ; intenor fiattish, e.bracinl th 

 other. Seed covered by the husks of the corolla as with a crust. 



ann. hairy syntherisma ; nat. Ger Tnli^ P^^- n- 



, , i'lL. wer. July, ramcum cihare, Wm, I S40 



ann. common, indio;. Aup-nsf P/yiD'^i,,-, ■ i ^ -^ 



^. ^u^usc. ranicum sangumak, E. Bot. 849. 



ciliare, , 



vulgar e, 



glahrum, ann. smooth ; nat Germ. 



PJerb. 



August. 



Flo. Ger. i. 163. Fan. smigumale. Leers. 



Finger-grass. 



^J 



Generic character: calyx 2-valved, unequal, spreading. Corolla, 2 valves lar.er 

 t an the ca^yx compressed, valves nearly of the sai.e length, interior verv narr'o. 

 eluded m the larger or exterior husk. Seed covered as with a crust. 



sfolonifera, per. creeping, indig. August. Fanicum dactyhm, E. Bot 850 

 cryps^s. Generic character : calyx 2-valved, 1-flouered, compressed, unequal. 



Corolla 



2-valved ; u.ter,or longer than the calyx ; exterior valve shorter than the calyx Seed 

 covered by the corolla, somewhat columnar. 



«Zopec.™.Vte, ann. foxtail-likecrypsis; nat. Germ. August. Flo. Ger. i. I67 ; Host. i. 23. 

 ■ * H. alopecurioides. 



sckocnoides, ann. rush-Hke; nat. Germ. July. Flo. Ger. i. ,68. HelcocMoa sckoenoides 



Host. t. 30. 



acideata, 



Can 



ann. prickly crypsis ; nat. Germ. Host, t 31. 



ary-grass 



Generic character: calyx 2-valved, and double, 1-flowered; valves nearly 

 equal, larger than the corolla. Corolla 2 valves,. enclosed in the calyx. Seed ovate-oblon. 

 covered by the corolla like a crust. . . ^' 



canariams, ann. canary-grass, indig. August. E. Bot. 1310. ; 



aquatica, ann. water canary-grass ; nat. Germ. May and June. Host t 39 



arundinacea, per. sea-n,at weed, indig. E. Bot. 402. June and July. Var. colorata. Arundo 



coloratu. Hort. Kew. i. 147. 

 parado,a, ann. black bristle-spiked ; nat. Germ. May, June. Host. t. 40. 



ann. sea canary-grass, indig. June, July. Eng. Bot. 222; Flo. Gev. Phleim 



arenaria. 



hulhosa, 

 nodosa, 

 dent at a. 



arenanimy i. p. I89. 



per. bulbous-rooted ; nat. Barbary. August. Linn. Spec. 79. 

 per. knobbed-rooted ; nat. south of Europe. Willd. 327. 

 tooth-keeled ; nat. Cape of Good Hope. Linn. Suppl 



pankulata, per. panicled canary-grass, indig. July. E. Bot. 1077. Flo. Ger. Fhkum 



asperum. 

 utricnlata, ann. Linn.. See Alopecurus ufriculatus. 



at s-tail grass. Generic character : calyx 2-vaIved, sitting, strap-shaped, lopped, ending in 

 ^-o agger pomts, enclosing the blossom. Corolla 2-vaIved, awnless, simple. Seed loosely 

 covered with the husks of the corolla. 



pratense, 

 var. minus, 



nodosum, 

 alpinum. 



per. meadow cat's-tail grass, inJig. June, July. Eng. Bot. IO76. 

 per. lesser meadow cat's-tail, indig. July, August. See our specimen 

 per. jointed, or bulbous-stalked, indig. August. Elo. Dan. 380. 

 per. alpine catVtail grass, indig. June. E. Bot. 519- 



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paniculatum, per. See Phalaris paniculata 



cispei'mn 



per. Flo. Ger. See Phalaris pankulafa. 



armarium, ann Spp P/,.,; • 



' "• "^ee 1 lialans araiana. 



