4-04 CALIFORNIA.— SUPPLEMENT. [Lycopodiacece . 



We can see no difference between the Uniola spicata of Linn, and Torrey's Flora, and the U. stricta of 

 the latter author. As in Brizopyrum the panicle is unisexual. 



2. B. Douglasii; glabrum, culmis fasciculatis radicantibus rigidis simplicibus, foliis 

 erectis rigidis linearibus apice convoluto-subulatis culmum superantibus, paniculis (mas- 

 culis) confertis ovatis, spiculis ovatis compressis subtrifloris glabris Isevibus, flosculis im- 

 berbibus, glumella exteriore l-2nervi, carina margineque scabris. — Poa Douglasii. Nees 

 v. Esenb. in Tayl. Ann. of Nat. Hist. v. I. p. 284. 



This is remarkable for its erect foliage, longer than the culms, and the short compact panicles somewhat 

 resembling those of Phalaris Canariensis. Nees v. Esenbeck considers it a Poa, and allied to P. tricolor, 

 conformis, curmda, abbreviuta. Br. 8fc. 



1. Hordeum pratense, Huds. 



2. H. pusillum, Nutt. 



POLYANTHERIX. Nees. 



(Tiuis. Triticete. Locus inter Elymum et sEgilopem.~) 



Gen. Chaii. lihachis spica; articulata. Spicules disticho-alternas, geminaj, rhachi oblique parallels, pluri- 

 flora?, subsessiles. Glumts binre, collaterals, hinc ad speciem quaternae, profunde bifida;, laciniis bifidis 

 trifidisve omnibus longe setaceis, tertia (ubi adest) minima. Flosculi 3-4, inferiorum uno alterove sterili 

 glumis siinili, tabescente. Fertilium valvula inferior chartacea, ex apice bidentato bisetove longe setigera ; 

 superior minor, integra, marginibus inflexis, flexura; augulis ciliatis. LodicidcB lanceolatse, integra;, ciliattt. 

 Stamina 3, antheris brevibus. Ovarium apice hirsutum ; styli distantes ; stigmata plumosa. — Graniina 

 specie Etymi et Hordei. Nees. 



1. P. Hystrix, Nees v. Esenb. in Tayl. Ann. of Nat. Hist. v. 1. p. 284. — iEgilops 

 Hystrix. Nutt. Gen. I. p. 86. 



Ord. LXIX. EQUISETACE^E. DC. 



J. Equisetum hyernale, L. — E. Bot. t. 915. 

 Hab. San Francisco. Dr Sinclair. 



2. E.Jlnviatile, L.—E. Bot. t. 2022. 

 Hab. San Francisco. Br Sinclair. 



Ord. LXX. LYCOPODIACE^S. Juss. 



1. Tmesipteris truncata, Desv. — Hook, et Grev. Lycop. in Bot. Misc. v. 2. p. 363. — T. 

 Tannensis. Lab ill. El. Nov. Holl. 2. p. 105. t. 252. (excl. syn.). — Psilotum truncatum. 

 Br. Prodr.p. 104. 



