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TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Class III. 
189. CERATOCHLO'A. P.deB. Horn-grass. 
1157 uniolo'ides P.deB. large-spiked M Q w 
190. SCHIS'MUS. P.deB. ScniSMUS. 
1158 marginatus P. de B. mcirgmed M Q w 
191. TRIO'DIA. B.Bi: Tuiodia. 
1159 (lecumbens B. Br. decumbent M A 'w 
192. BECKMAN'NIA. Host. Beckmannia. 
llrtO erucseformis W.efi. linear-si)iked Jlli O w 
193. ME'LICA. W. 
llfil ciliata JV. 
1162 Bauhini W.en. 
1163 nutans W. 
1164 uniflora W. 
1165 i)yramidalis P. S. 
1166 glabra Ph. 
1167 altissima W. 
194. MOLI'NIA. P.dcB. 
1168 cajrulea P.dcB. 
Mclica E. B. 
195. BRI'ZA. W. 
1169 minor W. 
1170 v'lrens W. 
1171 media W. 
1172 maxima W. 
196. PO'A. W. 
Ills aquatica W. 
1174 alplna W. 
1175 flexuosa E. B. 
1176 laxa W. 
1177 cffi'sia E.B. 
1178 vivipara W. en. 
1179 trivialis W. 
1180 pratensis W. 
/3 angustifdlia W. 
1181 lu'imilis E.B. 
1182 annua W. 
1183badensis W. 
1184sudetica W. 
1185 cenlsia W. en. 
1186 flava W. 
1187 serot'ma W. en. 
Meijc-gRass. 
ciliated 
Italian 
mountain 
wood 
jiyramidal 
smooth 
tallest 
MOLINIA. 
purple 
jlli A or 
m /\ ov 
^ A w 
jiiJi A w 
A w 
Jli A or 
iilii A w 
Gramincce. 
lijl Ap 
Gramlnea;. 
5 jn.jl Ap 
Graniinece. 
1 jl.au Ap 
Graminece. 
2 jl Ap 
Grafninea^. 
3 jl Ap 
2 jn.jl Ap 
1| jn.jl 
1| my.jr 
3 jn.jl 
3 jn.jl 
4 jl.au 
Grarninece. 
1 au Ap 
Ap 
Ap 
Ap 
aP 
Ap 
S/J. 1—2. 
N. Amer. 1788. 
Sp.l. 
S]<ain 
Sp. 1—10. 
Britain 
5;;. 1. 
Europe 
Sp. 7—24. 
Europe 
Italy 
Britain 
Britain groves. S 
Barbary 1804. S 
N. Amer. 1812. S 
Siberia 1770. S 
Sp.l. 
Britain 
S CO Hort. bcr. 1. 1. 3 
1781. S CO Lam.ill.t.46.f.] 
... S CO Eng. bot. 792 
1773. S CO Host. gra. 3. t. 6 
1771. 
1806. 
moun, 
s.l Host. gra. 2. 1. 12 
CO Host. gra. 4. t.23 
s.l Eng. bot. ICm 
m.s Eng. bot. 1058 
CO Barr. ic. t.96. f.l 
CO Mor. h.3. t.7. f.51 
CO Host. gra. 2. t. 9 
bogs. S p.m Eng. bot. 750 
Ol'AKING-CRASS. 
small JlUi O or 
green jiUi O or 
common Jiu^ A or 
greatest .sUi^ O or 
Meadow-grass. 
water 
Alpine 
Graminece. 
1 jl.au Ap 
1| jl.au Ap 
1| my.jn Ap 
1| jn.jl Ap 
Graminece. 
zigzag 
loose-spiked 
sea-green 
viviparous 
common' 
^ A w 
iiu^ A ^v- 
iUii A w 
jiiii A w 
jiUi A w 
^ A w 
A ag 
smooth-stalked AlUi A ag 
narrow-leaved 
short-blueish 
annual 
turfy 
broad-leaved 
soft 
])ale-yelIow 
late-flowering 
w 
1188 festucEeformis W^. cw. Festuca-like 
1189 abyssinica JV. smooth-upright iUl^ 
1190 capillaris W. hair-panicled iUlz O w 
1191 Molineri Balb. dwarf-glaucous Jilt A w 
Ml a ag 
m A V/ 
O 
A 
A 
A 
A 
A 
A 
O 
6 jl 
* jn.jl 
I jn.jl 
f jn.jl 
1 jn.jl 
i jn.jl 
2 jn.au 
li my.jn 
2 jn.au 
I my.jn 
5 mr.o 
iji 
3 jl.aii 
h j'-au 
1|" jl.au 
2 ji.s 
2 jl.s 
lA au.o 
H o.n 
1 jn.jl 
Ap 
Ap 
Ap 
Ap 
Ap 
Ap 
Ap 
Ap 
Ap 
Ap 
Ap 
Ap 
Ap 
Ap 
Ap 
Ap 
Ap 
Ap 
Ap 
Sp. 4—9. 
England cor.fi. 
Spain 1800. 
Britain pas. 
S. Europe 1633. 
Sp. 34—142. 
Britain dit. 
Scotland scalp. 
Scotland sc. alp. 
Germany 1800. 
Scotland sc.mo. 
Switzerl. 1800. 
Britain me. pa. 
Britain me. pa. 
Germany ... 
Britain me. i)a. 
Britain i)as. 
Baden 1800. 
Germany 1802. 
Mt. Cenis 1791. 
N. Amer. 1804. 
Germany 1800. 
Dalmatia 1800. 
Abyssinia 1775. 
N. Amer. 1781. 
Italy 1807. 
S CO 
S CO 
S CO 
S CO 
Eng. bot. 1316 
Hay.trm.t.25.f.6 
Eng. bot. 340 
Host. gra. 2. t.30 
Eng. bot. 1315 
Eng. bot. 1003 
Eng. bot. 1123 
Host. gra. 3. M 
Eng. bot. 1719 
Fl. dan. t. 807 
Eng. bot. 1072 
Eng. bot. 1073 
Leers, t. 6. f. 3 
Eng. bot. 1004 
Eng. bot. 1141 
Host, gra. 2. t.66 
Host. gra. 3. t.l3 
Host. gra. 3. t.l6 
Lers. lier. t.6. f.4 
Host. gra. 3. t.l7 
Jac. ic. 1. 1. 17 
Mor. h.3. t.6. f.33 
Bal. mis. t. 5. f. 1 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
189. CeratocJdoa. The seed having three little horns, the name has been contrived in reference to that cir- 
cumstance : Tii^ce,;, a horn, and %Xa'/j, grass. 
190. Schismus. From trx'o'M-'^., a clefl. The outer palea is emarginate or cleft. 
191. Triodia. T^ns, three, oS«y?, teeth, on account of the three teeth of the palea. 
192. Beckmannia. In honor of M. Beckmann, the celebrated author of the History of Inventions, and of a 
Lexicon Botanicum, published in 1801, besides other works. 
193. Melica. A name applied in Italy to the Holcus sorghum, L., the pith of which is like mel, honey. 
M. ciliata and nutans are curious grasses, deserving a place in botanic parterres. 
194. Molinia. In honor of Giovanni Ignatio Molina, who wrote an account of the plants of Chile, published 
in 1782. Of M. cserulea, the fishermen of the isle of Sky make ropes for their nets, which they find will bear 
the water well without rotting. None of the species are cultivated. 
195. Briza. From (i^i^oj, to balance, the spikelets being continually in a state of balance or suspension in the 
air. This is an ornamental or curious genus, of little value in agriculture. The perennial species indicate a 
poor soil, and are bitter in taste. B. maxima is sometimes sown as a border annual. 
196. Poa. Hovi is the Greek name of herb. This genus affords several valuable pasture, and some good hay 
grasses. P. aquatica is one of the tallest of British grasses, with a powerful creeping root, a native of most 
parts of Europe, and very common in the fens of Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, where it not only affords rich 
pasturage in summer, but forms the chief winter's fodder. It is sometimes cut thrice in one season. Itgrows 
not only in very moist ground, but in deep water ; and with cat's tail, burr-reed, &c. soon fills up ditches, and 
occasions them to require frequent cleansing. In this respect it is a formidable plant even in slow rivers. In 
the isle of Ely they cleanse these by an instrument called a bear, which is an iron roller with a number of pieces 
of iron like small spades fixed in it ; this is drawn up and down the river by horses walking along the bank. 
