596 



(1) M. GoxniTALLENSis. ( Amot ^ Nees.J 



idmt. A. and Nees in Nov Act. N. C. xvii. p. 179. — Steudel 1. 

 c. p. 119. 



Spec. Chae. Eoot creeping : ciilm procumbent, ascending from 

 a branched leafy base, pubescent at the knots : sbeaths glabrous, 

 bearded at tte mouth, lower ones ciliated at the margin : Kgula 

 short, torn : leaves lanceolate, pubescent : raceme compound or 

 somewhat decompound, rays in three's or four's fascicled, partial 

 rhachis smooth : pedicels naked : spikelets in 3 — 6 pairs, one 

 almost sessile, the other pedicelled. 



CourtaUum. * 



GENUS XVI. THTSSANOLCENA. 



Triandvla Digfynia. Sex: Syst: 



Gen. Chae. Eaceme large, panicled, supra-decompound : spike- 

 lets hemiologamous, homogamous, twin or solitary: glumes 2, 

 smaller thsin the florets, muticous, lower one shorter : lower floret 

 neuter, 1-valved, valve herbaceous, entire, muticous, upper herma- 

 phrodite, 2-valved, lower valve herbaceo-membranaceous, muticous, 

 3-nerved, long-ciliated, upper smaller, narrower, Unear-lanceolate : 

 • scales very small, round, quite entire : stigmas penicillate (purple) 

 joined to the base of the style. 



(1) T. AflEOSTis. fArn. et Nees.J 



Ident. Am. et Nees N. Act. C. xvii. suppl. I. 182. — Steudel 1. 

 c. p. 119. 



Syn. Agrostis maxima, Roxb. I. 319. 



Spec. Chae. Eoot woody: culm erect, strong, 4 — 12-feet: 

 leaves glabrous, attenuated into a thin acumen : panicle ovate, 

 dense-flowered, rays alternate, branched, filiform, expanded or 

 nodding : glumes 4 times ' shorter than the densely ciliated florets, 

 ovate. 



Peninsula. Mountainous places. 



SECT. IV. STIPACfiiS:. 



Panicle more or less compound : spikelets one-flowered, 1 — 3- 

 androus : hypogynous scales whorled in three's, often showy : glumes 

 long, membranaceous, muticous or bearing a fine point, lower one 

 smaller : floret inserted on a somewhat strigose callosity, 2-valved, 

 coriaceous, hardening, narrow: lower valve embracing the other 



