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drooping, on slender pedicels ; panicle difFuse. 30 species, ornamental j 

 chiefly S. American. 



Tribe 3. Avfeneae. — Infl. paniculate, rarely racemose or spicate. 

 1. Holcus. Species chiefly European. H. lanatus, Soft-Grass, 

 Veltet-Grass ; very downy. Eur. 2. Avena satwa, Oat, gr. 

 Section, Fig. 6; fls., Pig. 52; fl. plan, Fig. 64. Eur. 3. Arrhena- 

 therum avendceum, Oat-Grass, Wild Oat, Fig. 51. Eur. 



Tribe 4. Pappophoreae. — Infl. in globose spikes, or a panicle. 

 1. Pappophorum. 27 species. N. Holl., Af., E. Ind. 2. Echi- 

 naria. 2 species. Af., Syria, Spain. 



Tribe S. Chlorideae. — Infl. in unilateral digitate or paniculate 

 splices. 1. Chloris. 69 species, ornamental. Waim climates. 2. 

 Cynodon. 14 species. C. Daclylon, BERMtTDA-GRASS. Eur. 



Tribe 6. Arundineae. — Infl. a branched or spicate panicle. 1. 

 Phragmltes, Water-Rebd. 18 species. W. Eur. to Japan. 2. 

 Ariindo, Classical Reed of Scripture and of the Iliad. A. Dbnax, 

 Peovencb Cane. 10°-20° high. Mediterranean States. 3. Gy- 

 neriutn. 9 <S'- 1°^- "^^^ silvery white hairs. 6 species; 5 in S. 

 Am., 1 in Hew Z. Ornamental. G. argenteum, Pampas-Geass. 

 Lvs. several feet long, linear, recurved, tufted. Culms (sometimes 50 

 from one plant) 10°-12° high, terminating each in a large feathery 

 panicle. Q|.. Hardy. S. Am. 



Tribe 7. Stipese. — Infl. paniculate. Outer palea coriaceous, em- 

 bracing the sd. 1. Stipa, Fbathkr-Grass. Awn twisted, or tor- 

 tuous, often plumose. 104 species, ornamental ; finest in warm tem- 

 perate regions. 2. Aristida, Triple-A wnbd Grass. 3-awned. 150 

 species, widely distributed in sandy rea;ions, except Europe, which has 

 but one, A. ccerulescens, Spain and Sicily. One is the Mesquite 

 (Mezkeet, Muskeet) Grass of Texas, so called because it associates 

 with the mesquite-tree. 3, Ur^chne (Piptathferum, Oryzopsis), 

 Mountain Kick. Few species, chiefly in S. Am., N. Af. O. me- 

 lanocdrpa, rocky woods ; O. asperifolia, hill-sides ; O. canadensis, 

 rocky hills ; in Northern U. S., Can. 



Tribe 8. Ag^ostideae. — Infl. a branched or spicate panicle. 1. 

 Agrostis, Bent Grass. Panicle large, light, spreading. 171 species. 

 Cosmopolitan ; all beautiful, many useful. A. vulgaris, Red-Top, 

 Herd's-Grass ; A. canlna, Dog-Bent ; A. alba. White Bent; Eur. 

 A. pulchella, Quito-Grass, panicles very large and light; orna- 

 mental. Quito. A. scdbra, Hair-Grass, Fountain-Grass, panicles 

 large, light, with whorled capillary branches; resembling a fountain- 

 jet; handsome. Exsiccated places, U.S. Common. 2. Polypogon, 

 Beard-Grass, awn long. 24 species, ornamental. W. France to 

 Central Asia. 3. Vilfa (Sporbbolus), Dkopseed-Grass, Rush-Grass. 

 123 species. N. and S. Am., New Holland; ornamental. 4. La- 

 gurus ovatus, only species, infl. soft, white, silky, with protruding 

 awns. S.Eur., Asia. S. Cinna. Stamen 1. C. «n<nc?indcea, Sweet- 

 Reed Grass. 8°-5° high, panicle nodding. Can., U.S., N. 



Tribe 9. Phleineae. — Infl. a spicate panicle or spike. 1. Phleum. 

 17 species, N. Eur. P. pratense, Timothy. Q).. 8. Alopeciirus, 

 Fox-Tail. Several species ; Eur. 



Tribe 10. Phalaridese. — ^Infl. a spicate panicle or spike ; palese 

 hardened after flowering. 1. C6ix. (p. C.LdcAryma, Sob's-Tsjlus; 

 culm l°-2° high ; fr. large, round, shining, resembling tear-drops. E. 



