50 TRIANDRIA, DIGYNIA. 



anthers black. Fist. 2, black purple. Seed ash- 

 coloun d and white, smooth. Muhl. 



A tall purplish grass. Rare. In watery places. Near to 

 the ft' rr} house opposite Gloucester point, Jersey. Perennial. 

 August. 



angrmtifo- 11. P. panicle few-flowered, expanding; leaves 

 Fiii ' scattered, linear-lanceolate, glabrous underneath, 



sparingly ciliate. Elliot. 



In dry places, Jersey, rare. June. 



pauciflorum, 12- P. panicle expanding, few-flowered, flowers 

 Elliot ? very large ; leaves narrow lanceolate, ciliate at 



base ; sheaths hairy. Elliot. 



Also in Jersey, but more common. Perennial. May. 



ensifoiium, 13. P. plant small, glabrous, leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 Bald. verv acute, expanding ; panide small, few-flower- 



ed ; flowers somewhat ovate, pubescent. Elliot. 



About 12 inches high. On the high gravelly hills, near to 

 Lemon-hill (canal road), Schuylkill. Perennial. May. 



muitiflorum, 14. P. culm erect, simple, glabrous; leaves broad, 

 Eiiiot? lanceolate, hairy at base ; panicle much branched, 



expanding ; flowers small, pubescent. Elliot. 



About two feet high. Leaves long and broad. Rare. Jersey, 

 in shaded places. Perennial. May, June. 



strictum, 15. P. panicle solitary shorter than the terminal leaf; 



Pursb. branches simple flexuose, glumes alternate pedun- 



culate obovate, turgid; valves numerously striated 

 acute, leaves linear upright gradually becoming 

 very acute, striated and scabrous above, hairy un- 

 derneath, with long hairy sheaths. Pursh, 



About eight inches or a foot high. On the banks of the 

 Delaware, opposite Philadelphia, not uncommon. Annual. 

 July. 



