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Grasses with 3 Stamina, 2 Stales, 1 Flower in every Calyx— Bowers of different S. 



ANDROPOGON. 



HORDEUM. 



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andropogon. Generic character: calyx 2-valved, l-flowered; outer valve embracing the 

 inner, cartilaginous. Corolla 2-valved, awned ; male flowers on foot-stalks, single, or in pai^^, 

 to each female flower. Seed oblong, covered With the blossom. 



distachjum, . per. two-rowed andropogon ; nat. Germ. Flowers In June and July. Flo. Ger. 



i. 23^. 

 ischixmum, per. woolly-spiked ; nat. Germ. Flowers In August. Host. t. 3. 



per. purple-spiked; nat. Germ. July to August. Host. t. 1. 



arundinaceum, per. reed-like; nat. Germ, f June and July. Host. i. t. 1. Holcus hakpensis, 

 Schcenanthiis, per. sweet-lemon grass ; nat. East Indies. Linn. Spec. 1481. Not yet flg^., 



ered in this country. 

 Barley-grass. Generic character : calyx lateral, S-valved, (the valves, collectively, constitute what 

 is called a six-leaved involucre). Corolla 2-valved; exterior valve furnished with a lon^ awn 

 Flowers In threes, the middle flower fertile or bisexual, and the lateral ones barren, or fo. 



nished with stamens only. Seed covered closely with the corolla, which remains pei 



•ni3/]ei)t. 



'vulgare. 



ann. spring barley; supposed to be a native of Sicily. August. Flo. Ilust.20 



hexastichon, ann. bear, or big. Flo. Rust. 107- August. 



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disticho?i, 



munnum. 



ann. common or winter barley. August. 



ann. wall-barley, or way-bennet, indig. E. Bot. 1971. 



maritimum, ann. sea barley-grass, indig. May. E. Bot. 1205. 



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jubatum, ann. long-tearded ; nat. North America. August. Hort. Kew. i. p. 180 



zeocriton, ann. sprat, or battledore barley. August, -Host. t. 37. 



bulbosum, 

 pratense, 



per. bulbous-rooted barley. Flo. Gr^eca, t. 98 ; nat. Italy. June and Julv. 

 per. meadow barley, indig. June. E. Bot. 409. 



Sect. VI. 



AIR A, 



MELICA 



Grasses witji 3 Stamina, <2 Styles; 2 Flowers in each Calyx—Flowers bisexual. 



Hair-grass. Generic character: calyx 2-valved, 2-flowered, without any rudiment of a third 



floret. Corolla 2-valved; outer valve awned; the awn rising from the back, a little above 

 the base ; seldom awnless. Seed loosely covered. 



aquatica, 



cristata, . 



per. water hair-grass, indig. June, July. E. Bot. 1557. 



per. crested hair-grass, indig. 



June. E. Bot. 648. 



arundinacea, per. reed-like hair-grass ; nat. Levant. Linn. 95. 



per. turfy hair-grass, hassock-grass, indig. Jufy. E. Bot. 1453. 

 per. zig-zag mountain hair-grass, indig. June. E. Bot. 15J9. 



ccEspitosa^ 

 flexuosa, 



caryophylka, ann. silver, indig. May. E. Bot. slg. 



r^cox, ann. early, indig. April. E. Bot. 1296. 



canescens, 



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subspicata, 

 antartica. 



per. grey, indig. June. E. Bot. 1190. 



per. spiked halr-grass; nat. Germ. June. Host. t. 45. 



invohicrata, 



per. South-Sea hair-grass ; „at. New Zealand. G. Forster, Flo. Aus. 41. 

 P"'"- '"™^""'^'^ ' "=^*- Spain. Cavenill. Hisp. t 44 f 1 



Mehc-grass. Generic character : calyx 2-valved 2 fln,v ^ • ,. ,' ' ' 



tW or. 1 .- J , , ''''^''' ^-*l°^^ered, with the rudment of 1, or 2 florets 



that are abortive, and placed between the otTiP.= r „ 



grooved ^"'""^ 2-valved, awnless. Seed ovate 



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ciliata, 

 nutans^ 

 unijiora, 

 ccerulea, 



per. ciliated ; nat. Germ. May and June. 



per. nodding, indig. M 



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Host. t. 12. 



ay- E. Bot. 1059. 



per. one-flowered, indig. May and June. E. Bot 1058 

 per. purple, .dig. July and August. E. Bot. 750. 



