NOTES. 91 



a different texture. Valves of the corolla coriaceus, as well as 

 the inner valves of the calyx. Seed ovate, brown. Styles £, 

 ]S r o traces of stamina. 



pa?e 15. Jlgrostis compressa, nobis : A. glaberrima : culmo 

 erecto compi'csso simplici : panic ul a oblonga subcontracta ra- 

 mosa capillari : calycibus aequalibus corolla brevioribus, val- 

 vulis aeutis : corolla aequalis obtusiuscula basi glabra. 



Root perennial. Culm about, a foot and a half high, leafy 

 soboliferous at the base. Leaves linear, very narrow, almost 

 as tall as the culm, glaucous, keeled or compressed. Stipule 

 truncate very short. Sheaths smooth, compressed and carin 

 ate, often standing off from the culm, and never surrounding 

 it. Panicle terminal, purple, sparingly branched ; branches 

 erect and virgate. Calyx : valves much shorter than the co- 

 rolla, lanceolate; inner valve I -nerved, serrulata on the keel, 

 notched at the apex ; sometimes it is mucronatc and rather 

 obtuse, or denticulate. Corolla : valves smooth, lanceolate, 

 and often split down to the base. Stamina. Styles 2. Stig- 

 mas purple. 



Collected in swamps in New-Jersey, by Mr. Goldy, an Eng- 

 lish botanist. 



Page. 16. Uralepsis aristulala. Nut tall. Gen. Amer. Pi p. 63, 

 and additions. 



This grass is covered with a viscid acid substance, which 

 deserves to be investigated. It strongly reddens vegetable 

 blues, and has a very peculiar taste, it appears to be a se- 

 cretion from the plant, and can be observed, appearing like 

 dew upon the hairs which cover if. 



Page 17. Panicum macrocarpon, Le Conte. Monograph. Pa- 

 nic. M. S. P. cnlmo crecto vaginisque pubescentibus, nodis 

 nudis : foliis latis lanccolatis cordatis utriuque nervosis ghi- 

 bris ciliatis : panicula subcomnosita ramosa : ghmiis majus- 

 culis turgidis ovatis pubescentibus striatis. 



Culm about a foot and a half high. Glumes larger than in 

 any other species in this neighbourhood. it is nearl\ allied 

 to P. I at [foil urn. 



Page 17. ''Panicum umbrosum, Lc Conte. J, c. V. gracile par 

 vum erectum glabrum : culmo purpureo, nodis nudis .- foliis 

 rcmotiuseulis patulis lanceolafis subcoi'datis, vaginis ciliatis : 

 panicula parviuscula simplici : glumis ovatis glabris striatis. 

 This species resembles P- mtidum, but it differs from it in 

 having a smaller panicle and flowers,- in the sheaths being 

 ciliated and the leaves broader. 



['age 17- Panicum augustifoli um, Le Conte. 1. c. P. culmo gia- 

 bro erecto, nodis nudis : foliis glabris linearibus longis : vagi- 

 nis ad collum barbatis : panicula simplici paucifiora : glumis 

 longe pcdicillatis (pedicillis crectis) majusculis ovatis glabris 

 striatis : seminibus latero altero 2 sulcatis. 



Page 19. IVindsoria pallida, nobis: W. glaberima : culmo 

 erecto : foliis lanceolato-liuearibus plains : panicula Java 

 subpatula, ramis virgatis capillaribus : spicis lanceolatis ped- 

 icellatis ; calycibus inequalibus. 5-tloris. florihus glabris : 



