MELICA . 



minuta^ 



IT^TRODUCTION. 



per. small; iiat. Italy. June. Willd. Syst. 383, llc). 



liii 



SEC ALE, 



]. 



altissima, pc^r. tali'; ^nat. Siberia. A^ig. ^f^st. t. 



(Cynostims cck'mdt'Us^ Seskria, et Avaiicu) . 

 Rie, or rye-grass. Calyx 2-valvcd, 2-flowered, solitary. Corolla ^-valved, 2-flowered • exterior 

 valve aca...ate keel ciliated ending i„ a long awn ; interior valve flat, lanceolat'e. Seed 

 naked, halt cylindrical, pointed at one end. 

 cereale. 



ann 



. Rie. Moris. Hist. v. 3 58 t 9 f i c ^ 



_ V. ^, ^o, t. i, f. 1. Supposed a native of Crete 



Siberia. 



or 



vzUosum, 



oricntale, 



Creticum, 



ann. hairy; nat. South of Europe and Levant. Host. ii. t. 

 ann. oriental; nat. of the Archipelago. "VVilld. i. p. 171 



48. 



^\> 



ann. Cretan; nat. ofCandia, or Crete. Willd 



i. p. 472. 



r 



Sect. VIL Grasses M 3 Btamina, 2 Styles, 2 Flowers in eaeh tulyx. -Fleers of different 



HOLCUS. 



PANICUM. 



Sexes, 



Soft grass. Generic character : calyx 2-valved, 2-flowered, seldon. 3 ; awnless. Corolla ^-valved • 

 .=-"^.".- -alve awned; interior valve awnless, least; unisexual, or barren flowers, on foot- 



exterior \ 



stalks ; they also want the inner husks. Seed ovate, awned 

 a.enaceus, per. tall oat-like soft grass, indig. June till October. E. Bot. 813. 



var. bulbosns, 

 var. muficus, 

 mollis, 

 lariat us, 

 striatu^f 

 spicatiis. 

 Sorghum, 

 odor at us. 



Elora, Avena elatior. 



Curtis. 



rar. repens, 



redolens, 

 latifolius. 



per. bulbous-rooted, indig. June till October. Moris. Hist, sect 8 t 7 f. 38 



per. awnless tall oat-llke soft grass. Curt. Cat. Foa elatior.. 



per. downy, or creeping-rooted, indig. July. E. Bot. II70. 



per. woolly, indig. June. E. Bot. II69. 



per. striated; nat. Virginia. Lin. Spec. 1486. 



ann. spiked; nat. East Indies. Linn. Spec. 1483. 



ann. cultivated, or Indian Millet. Linn. Spec. J 484. 



per. sweet-scented; nat. Germ. April, May. Host. t. 4. Hole, australis, 

 Bo. Ger. i. 253. 



per. creeping-rooted; nat. Germ. Hole, horenlh, Flo. Ger. i. 252. 

 per. smelling; nat. New Zealand. Vahl. Sy. ii. 102. 

 ann. broad-leai^d ; nat. China. Linn. Spec. 1486. 



* 



Panic-grass. Generic character : flowers polygamious. Calyx 2-vaIved, 2-flowered ; one fertile 

 or b.sexual, and the other barren, or neuter. Corolla 2-vahed, awnless, or awned at thl 

 apex ; neuter floret of 1 or 2 valvss. Seed covered like a crust. 

 vertkillatum, ann. whorle-flowered, indig. July. E. Bot. 874. 



wide, 



glaucum, 



hirtdlum. 



ann. green, indig. July and August, E. Bot. 875. 

 ann. glaucous; nat. Germ. Host. t. 16. June, July, 

 ann. hairy. July and August. Flo. Ger. i. p. 242. 



miUaceum, ann. millet; nat. Germ. Host. t. 20. 



cms gain, 

 ctus corvi, 



ann. cockVfoot panic; nat. Germ. July and August. Flo. Ger. i. p, 244 

 ann. crowVfoot panic; nat. East Indies. August; hardy. Willd. i. p. 337. 



aiyrescem^ pe,. tree panic-grass. March and April ; tender.^ Hort. Kew. i. 



per. broad-leaved; nat. North America. August, September, 



* 



latifoUum, 



p. 144. 

 Hort. Kew^ 



i. p. 144. 



'^''^'^^<'^'^ ann. See Syntherisma mlgare. 

 glahrum, ann. See Stjntherisma glabrum 



daetyhn, per. See Bigitaria stolonifera. 



