TRIANDRIA, DIOTNIA. 4f 



hairy, panicle erect. Inferior branches of the 

 panicle opposite, the upper alternate. Cal. Cor. 

 Stam. P'mt. SetdiM in the preceding. JIuhl. 



Very common ; and rather more I think than a variety. 



7> P- panicle with the lateral racemes simple ; leaves latifuiium. 

 ovate-lanceolate, hairy at the throat. Sp.pL 



/9. panicle few flow T ered enclosed in the sheath. Willd. ciamksii- 



nujn. 

 A foot high. In dry shady places, common. Perennial. 

 All summer. 



8. P. panicle expanding, few flowered ; flowers very paudflorum, 

 large ; leaves narrow lanceolate, ciliate at the Elliot - 

 base ; sheaths hairy. Elliot. 



In wet places, not uncommon. Perennial. May. 



9. P. culm half a foot high branched below, slender, verrucosum, 

 geniculate, nodes smooth inflated. Leaves alter- MubI - 

 nate remote linear-lanceolate, spreading nerved, 

 smooth. Sheath long striate, hairy or ciliate on 



the margin. Ligula scarcely any, beard form. 

 Panicle terminal spreading. Cal. 3-valved, one 

 more acute, two ovate acute equal very green 

 verrucone (not pubescent) three nerved. Cor. 

 equal. Stam. 3, anthers reddish-brown. Pint. 2, 

 blackish. Seed white. Muhl. 



In Jersey, about a mile from the river, opposite the city. 

 Rare. August. 



10. P culm two feet high, erect smooth compressed, aproitoidei. 

 jointed, joints smooth. Leaves lanceolate alter- 

 nate carinated smooth long. Sheath striate smooth. 

 Ligula obsolete short. Panicles terminal and late- 

 ral, branched. Cal. 3 valved, base bristly, the 



third valve short acute, the rest equal acuminate 

 three nerved, 1 — 2 flowered, smooth, finally pur- 

 ple. Cor. 2-valved, less than the calix. Stam. 3, 



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