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INTRODUCTION. 



PHLEUM. 



MILIUM. 



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AGROSTIS. 



X. 



ARUNDO 



boehmeri, per. canary-like cat's-tail grass, indig. June, July. E. Bot. 439. ' Phalari, 



phleoides. 



Michelii, 

 Gerardi^ 

 tejuie, 

 crinitum. 



per. smooth, indig. June. E. Bot. 2265. Host. Thalaris alpina. 

 per. Gerard's cat's-tail grass; nat. Ger. June. Flo. Ger. i. 190. 

 ann. slender ; nat. Ger. May. Host. t. 35, Fhalaris tenuis. 

 ann. bearded, indig. July. Dr. Smith, Flo. Britan. i. p. 171. 



Millet-grass. Generic character : calyx 2-valved, l-flowered, valves nearly equal, ventricose. 



Corolla 2-valved, enclosed in the calyx, larger valve awned. Seed covered with the 



per. black-seeded millet ; nat. Germ. July. Flo. Ger. i. p. 196. 



per. common wood millet, indig. E. Bot. IIO6. Flowers in May and June. 



corolla, 

 paradoxuniy 



effusum, 



lendigerum, ann. yellow millet, indig. May and June. E. Bot. 1107. 

 Capense, per. Cape millet ; nat. Cape of Good Hope. Linn. Syst. 109. 

 -punctatum, per. dotted millet; nat. Jamaica. Willd. Spec. Plant, i. p. 359. 

 confertum, per. clustered ; nat. Germ. June. Ibid. i. 360. 

 glohosum, per. globular; nat. Japan. June. Ibid. 1.360. 

 Bent-grass. Generic character: calyx 1-flowered, 2-valved, spear-sliaped, acute, generally 



rough on the keel, longer than the blossom. Corolla 2-valved ; summits of the styles 



hairy. Seed loosely covered by the corolla husks. 

 spica-venti, ann. silky bent-grass, indig. June and August. E. Bot. 951. 

 palustris, per. marsh bent-grass, indig. July, August. Wither. Arr. ii. p. 126. 



canma, 



per. brown bent, indig. July. Wither. Arr. ii. p. 126. Yur, A, vulgaris. Dr. 



Smith, 1. c. 

 per. Dr. Smith, Flo. Britan. i. p. 78. See Trichodmm caninum, 

 vinealisy . per.' slender trailing bent, indig., July, September.. ''■ AVither. Arr. ii. p. 127. 



camna. 



Flo. Ger. Var. Alba, i. 209. 



pallida, 



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per. pale bent, indig. May and June. Wither. Arr. i. p. 127; Flo. Ger. i. p. 19S 



Var. Trichod. caninum. 



alpina, . per. alpine bent. Wither. Arr. ; indig. See TricJiodium alpinum, 



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littoraUs, per. sea-side bent. Wither. Arr. i. p. 128; indig. June. 



interrupta, per. interrupted spiked bent ; nat. Germ. July. Flo. Ger. i. 204. 



paucifiora, per, small flowered ; nat. Germ. July. Flo. Ger. i. p. 205. 



miliacea, per. millet bent ; nat. Spain. July, August, Willd. Spec. Plant, i. 365. 



setacea, per. bristly bent, indig. July. E. Bot. 1183. 



repens 

 alba, 



per. creeping rooted, indig. August. Wither. Arr. ii. p. 130, A. nigra. 

 per. white bent, indig. August, September. E. Bot. 1189. 



stolonifera, per. stoloniferous bent, indig. July, September. E. Bot. 1532. 

 var, angustifolia^ per. smaller-leaved stoloniferous bent. See our specimen, 

 var. latifolia vel Richardsonia, florin. See our specimen. 



fascicularis, per. tufted-leaved bent, indig. June, July. Curtis. 



vulgaris, per. common bent, indig. June, July. E. Bot. I67I. 



lobaia, 



Mexicana, 



per. lobed panicled, bent, indig. July. Curtis. See our specimen. ' 

 per. Mexican bent-grass; nat. Mexico. Sept. Hort. Kew. i. p. 150. 



var. ramosissima, branching Mexican bent. See our specimen. 

 Reed-grass. Generic character: calyx 1-flowered, seldom many-flowered, 2-valved, flowers 



Corolla 2-valved, acuminate, surrounded at the base with downy hairs. Seed 



erect. 



loosely enclosed by the corolla husks. 

 epigejos, per. wood reed-grass, indig. July. E. Bot. 402. 

 litorea, per. sea-side ; nat. Germ. July. Flo. Ger. i. 212. 



pseudophragmites, i^er. hhevGQd; nat. Germ. July. Flo. Ger. i. 213. 



