44 TRIANDRIA, DIGYNIA. 



40. Cinna, L. (Graminece.J 



Calix 2-valved, compressed, nearly equal. 

 Corolla linear, compressed, shortly stipitate, 

 naked at the base, dorsal valve including the 

 inner, with a small awn near the summit. 

 Stamen 1, styk 1. Seed somewhat oblique. 

 JVutt. 



wundinacea.? 1. C panicle large weak; leaves broad-linear smooth, 

 one valve sub-awned below the apex,stem gla- 

 brous. Pursh. 

 Agrostis Cinna, Pursh. 



Reed-like Cinna. 



Near the ferry-house opposite Gloucester point, and at the 

 mouth of Timber creek, Jersey. Not common. Perennial. 

 August. 



41. Calamagrostis, Roth. (Graminect.) 



Calix 2-valved, 1 -flowered, valves acute or 

 acuminate. Corolla 2-valved, mostly short- 

 er than the calix, surrounded with a pubes- 

 cence of long wool at the base, the dorsal 

 valve with or without awn. JVutt. 



coiorata, 1. C. panicle oblong swelled compact, glume acumi- 

 sibthorp, nated. Pers- ench. 



Arundo coiorata, Ait. Hort. Kew. 2. 1. p. 174. and 



Smith, Fl. Brit. 174. 

 Phalaris arundinacea, Lin. 

 Phalaris Americana, Elliot. 

 Icon. Engl. bot. 402. 



Coloured Calamagrostis, or Reed-grass. 



A beautiful grass, easily known by its long dense purplish - 

 red panicles. On the bank walk from the Navy Yard to 

 Gloucester point, frequent ; also on the bank walk from Gray's 

 ferry to Kingsess gardens^ in profusion. Sparingly elsewhere. 



