400 97. GEAMIKK^S;. 



49. Leptueus. Spikelets solitary, imbedded alternately on 

 opposite sides of the rachis. Gl. 1 — 2, both on the same 

 side of the spikelet, cartilaginous,' covering the one ii, and 



. superior rudiment. Pales scarious. Sti^as feather)'. 



4.4 Glume solitary, bractlike, or the upper veiy small. 



50. LoLitTM. Spikelets solitary, placed edgewise on the rachis. 

 Gl. solitary, or that next the rachis very small, with 3 or 

 more flowers. 



Suborder I. Clisanthece. Tribe I. Panicece. 



1. Digita'eia Sco^p. 



[Z). sanguindlis (Scop.) ; 1. and sheaths hairy, fl. oblong-lan- 

 ceolat* glabrous witb downy margins (?). — JS. ^.849. P. 70. — 

 St. ascending, a foot long. — Not a native. A. VIII.] E. 



1. D. Immifusa (Pers.) ; 1. and sbeatbs glabrous, li. ovate 

 downy -n-ith glabrous veins.— -B.: A 8. 261.3. P. 71.— St. mostly 

 procumbent, 4 — 8 in. long. Spikes usually 3 or 4, springing 

 from nearly the same point. Spikelets in pairs, one on a longer 

 stalk than the other. — Sandy fields, rare. A. VIE. VIII. E. 



2. EcHDrocHLo'A Pal. de Beauv. 



[E. Crus-galli (Beauv.); spikes alternate or opposite, spike- 

 lets near together, upper gl. and sterile ^oret awned or mucro- 

 nate hispid, rachis hispid. — E. B. 876. P. 67. Panicum Sm. 

 Oplismerms Kunth. — A strong coarse grass ; found occasionally 

 on cultivated land. Near London. A. VII.] E, 



3. Seta'bia Pal. de Beauv. 



1. 8. vir'idis (Beauv;) ; pan. spikelike; involucral bristles with 

 forward teeth, lower pale smooth.^Panicum Sm., -B. B. 875. 

 P. 68.— London and Norwich. A. Vn. VUI. E. 



\_S. verticilldta (Beauv.) ; pan. spikelike, involucral bristles 

 with declining teeth, lower pale smooth. — Panicum Sm., E. B. 

 874. P. 69.— London and Norwich. A. VH. VIIL] E. 



[S, glauca (Beauv.) ; pan.' spikelike, involucral bristles with 

 ascending teeth, pales transversely rugose. — Weybridge, Surrey. 

 Mr.Borrer. A. IX.] , , E. 



Tribe II. Chloridea. 



4. Ctn'odon Hich. 



1. C. Dac'iylon (Pers.) ; spikes S— 5 digitate, pales smooth 

 edges and keel slightly ciliate, 1. downy beneath, barren shoots 



