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to twenty feet in licylit, hard, almo!l woody, jointed or 

 knotted, with diaphragms. Above each joint a leuf cn\l>rac- 

 ii>u- the cuhn, with a yellow (lieath, two t"eet long, and three 

 inches broad. The top of the culm ends in a point, the 

 leaves rolling in the fonn of a cone ; panicle a foot and a 

 half long, treft, many (lowered. Number of flowers in the 

 calyx variable, often two, but more commonly three. It is 

 a native of llie fouth of Europe, Siberia, Egypt, Cochin- 

 china, &c. It was cultivated in 16.^.8, in the Oxford bota- 

 nic garden, and flowers here in July and Auguft. The 

 canes arc brought to us froin Sp.i.n and Portugal, for the 

 ufe of weavers, ai\d for making fidiing-rods &c. There is 

 a variety of A. t/max, with ftriped leaves, noticed by Miller 

 and others. ^. A. phrnxnihn, common reed. vSinith Flor. 

 Brit. 144. Hudf. 53. With. 166. Relh. 51. Eng. Dot. 401. 

 •' Calyxes five-flowered, panicle loofe ;" root perennial, 

 creeping ; culms annual, erecl, fimple, fix feet high, round, 

 jointed, leafv, fmootli, white within ; leaves lanceolate, 

 acuminate, fpreadi.ig, ilriated, rougli at the edges, under- 

 neath very fmooth and glaucous ; fiieaths cylindric, llriated, 

 fmooth ; ftipuks very (hurt, hairy on both fides ; panicle 

 erecl, diffufed, mucli branched ; glumes of the calyx very 

 unequal, lanceolate, acute, the larger three-uervcd ; florets 

 from four to fix, furrouiuied at the bafe with a filky wool ; 

 interior glume ciliated, half lire length of the exterior ; feed 

 covered with the indtu"itcd corolla. A variety of this 

 fpecies with variegated leaves is noticed by Relhan. It is 

 common in ditciies. Handing waters, and on fides of rivers, 

 flowering from July till September. The common reed is 

 iifcd for fereens in gardens, alfo as a foundation for plaifter 

 in ceilings, and for various other purpofes. 4. A. epigcjos, 

 wood reed. Eng. Bot. t. 40.'. Smith Flor. Brit. r45. 

 A. calamagroftis, Hudf.54. Relli. 52. Lightf. 106. calama- 

 <)-roftis lanceolata, With. 122. gramen arundinaceum panicula 

 niolli fpadieea majus, Raii. Syn.401. " Calyxesone-ilowcred, 

 longer than the corolla, panicle cre£l, leaves lanceolate;" 

 root creeping ; culm nearly as high as the preceding, but 

 weaktT, and often branched at the bafe ; leaves lanceolate 

 acuminate, nervofe, underneath glaucous and rough at the 

 edges ; (lieaths fmooth, ftriated ; ftlpule lanceolate, 

 many times divided, naked on both fides; panicle, crci51-, 

 rough, fpreading ; flowers in chillers all on the fame fide, 

 nodding; glumes of the calyx nearly crpial, lanceolate, 

 acute, nervofe, rough on tire keeled part; floret foli- 

 tary, much fliorter than the calyx, white, membranacctui ;, 

 jnferted i*n a woolly fubflance longer th.an the petals, cften 

 cloven at the apex ; near the bafe, and from the back arifcs 

 an awn, which is jointed, and nearly the length of the wool. 

 We are told by Dr. Smith, that the wool and awn here 

 noticed, were, from an error, not rcprefented in the figure 

 referred to in Eng. Bot. It grows in fliaded ditches and 

 wet meadows: and flowers in July. 5. A. cdlamap-nftis, 

 fmall reed, Eng- Bot. 403. Flor. Dan. 180. Smith Flor. 

 Brit. 146.180. A. epigejos, Hiidf. 54. Relh. 51. Calam. 

 epigejos, With. 123. Cal. minor glumis i-uffis & viridibus, 

 Diil. in Ray's Syn. 401. " Calyxes one-flowered, longer 

 than the corolla; panicle crett, diffufed: flowers fcattered, 

 cred; leaves linear." Smith. Root perennial, fibrous, 

 fcaixely creeping ; culm ei-cft, three or four feet high, round, 

 very fmooth, leafy, muc!\ flenderer than the preceding, and 

 fometimes branched ; leaves linear, acute, naiTow, fomewhat 

 involute, pale green underneath, rough above, fometimes 

 hairy.; flicathslong, clofe. llriated, almolt fmooth; ftipulelnn- 

 ceolate, often lacerated, decurrcnt, fmoothonboth fides; pani- 

 cle very branching, diffufed; flowers fcattei-ed, ereft; glumes 

 of the calyx of a chefnut or purple colour, nearly equal, lan- 

 ceolate, acute, kcded, rough on the back, fcarcely nervofe ; 



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florets folitary, much fliorter than the calyx, while, torn at 

 the apex, iiiclofed in wclol longer than liie petals, a finall 

 awn at the apex, between the divifions. of the larger petal. It 

 grows in groves, hedges, and wet fituations, flowering iji July. 

 6, A. arenaria, fta-rced. Marram, Sca-niatwecd, Smith 

 Flor. Brit. 148. Hudf. 54. Mart. Flor. Rull. t. 32. Diekf. 

 H. S. Fafc. 12.5. Flor. Dan. t. 917. Calamagroftis aiena- 

 ria, With. 123. "Calyxes one-flowered, longer than the 

 corolla ; panicle fpicated ; flowers creft, awnlcfs ; leaves 

 rolled inwards, pungent." Root perennial, creeping', jointed, 

 fpreading itfelf to a great extent ; culm about three feet 

 high, rtiff, round, fmooth, articulated, leafy ; leaves ereSo- 

 patent, rigid, turning inwai'ds, fliarply pointed, glaucou?, 

 fmooth on the under lide, on the upper furrowed ; flieaths 

 nervoie, Imooth ; panicle ereft, fpike-like, with fliort ereft 

 branches; flowers lanceolate, acute, comprelfed, keeled, ob- 

 fcurely three-nerved; florets folitaiy, rather fliorter tiian the 

 calyx; glumes lanceolate, unequal, nervofe, with a rougli 

 keel, the outer broadeff, eroded at the apex, and embracing 

 the other; wool about one-third the lengtli of the floret. 

 Common on the fea-coafts, growing in the fand. By means 

 of its extenfive creeping roots, it is of great ufe in giving 

 liability to driving lands which gather about it in hills or 

 banks. It is planted about Wells in Norfolk to aid in 

 repelling the fea; a purpofe for which it feems peculiarly 

 well adapted. 7. A. colorata, Canaiy reed-grafs. Soland. 

 in Ait. Hart. Kew. Smith Flor. Brit. 147. Phalaris 

 arundinacea. Sp. PI. Hudf. Relh. Flor. Dan. 259. Cal. 

 variegata. With. 124. Gramen arundinaceum accrofa 

 gluma notlras. Raii. Syn. 4C0. |S. G. arundinaceum acerola 

 gluma Jcrfeianum. Raii Syn. 400. y. Phalaris arundi- 

 nacea ; /3. pida. Sp. PI. 80. " Calyxes one-flowered, equal 

 to the corollas; panicle ere£l, glomerate; flowei-s inclining 

 to the fame fide, awnlefs; leaves flat." Root perennial, 

 creeping, fcaly, or turfy; culm ereft, three to five feet high, 

 round, leafy, llriated, fmooth, furniflied with many joints; 

 leaves fpreading, lanceolate, ftriated, with a fmooth margin 

 on both fides, on the variety /3. glaucous, in y. variegated ; 

 fheaths nervofe, fomewhat inflated, fmooth; ftipule fliort, 

 obtule; panicle eredt, branched, in lobes, branchlets angular, 

 rough ; flowers rolled together, inclining to one fide, varie- 

 gated with wliite and purple; glumes of the calyx equal, 

 comprtfled, keeled, three-nerved; florets folitary, tlie length 

 of the calyx, lanceolate, rather comprelled', awnlefs, furniihej 

 with two nedlarious peneil-fliapcd fubftances rtt the bafe; 

 glumes or valves hairy, equal in length, but the exterior 

 broader than the other. It grows in ftagnant waters, and 

 on the banks of rivers. The variety y. cultivated in gardens, 

 and called ribband-grafs, was p.lfo found wild near Cambridge 

 by Mr. Rel>ian. The following are new fpecies. 8. IS., 

 confti'tcua. Forft. Fl. Auft. n. 48. " Calyxes one-flowered ; 

 panicle loofe, from eredl fpreading; awn of the outer petal 

 reflex, and very long.'" A native of New Zealand. 9. A. 

 ai^reflk. Lour. Coeliinch. 57. Arundarbor fpinofa. Rumiili. 

 Amb. 1. 6. c. 7. t. 4. " Flowers fix-Ilamened ; panicle 

 fpiked; fpikelets cluilercd ; lower branches of the culm very 

 fpiky; calyxes one-flowered." It grows to the heigiit of 

 thirty feet, and to the thicknefsof a man's arm. A native of 

 Coehinchina, growing on mountains and dry defevt places. 

 10. A. m'n'is. Lour. Cochinch. 57. arundabor fera, Runiph, 

 Amb. 1. 6. c. 7. t.4. " Flowers fix-ilamened, panicle cred, 

 contrafted; fpikes long, imbricate; culm very even, unarm- 

 ed ;cnlyxes one flowered." This is rather a higher and thicker 

 plant than the A. agrejlh. It is cultivated in Coehinchina, 

 and being cut into long pieces, it is ufed for weaving into 

 hats, coffers, bR(](ets, and a variety of utenfils, which are 

 very elegant, 1 1. A. multiplex, Lour. Cochinch. 58. Arun- 

 dabor, 



