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3. Seta'ria Beauv. 
1. \_S. vir'idis (Beauv.) ; pan. spikelike, involucral bristles 
with forward teeth, lower pale smooth. — Panicum L., E. B. 
875. P. 68.— London and Norwich. A. VII. VIII. E. 
[»S'. verticilldta (Beauv.) ; pan. spikelike, involucral bristles 
with declining teeth, lower pale smooth. — E. B. 874. P. 69. 
—London and Norwich. A. VII. VIII.] E. 
[S. gladca (Beauv.) ; pan. spikelike, invol. bristles with 
ascending teeth, pales transversely rugose.— Weybridge, Surr. 
A. XL] E. 
Tribe II. Gldoridece. 
4. Cy'nodon Rich. ex. Pers. 
1. C. Dac'tylon (Pers.) ; spikes 3 — 5 digitate, pales smooth 
their edges and keel slightly ciliate, 1. downy beneath, barren 
shoots prostrate. — E. B. 850. P. 72. — Creeping. Flowering 
st. 4 — 6 in. high, ending in a cluster of spreading many-fl. 
slender spikes. Spikelets purplish. L. on the long branched 
barren shoots flat, spreading ; on the others usually folded. — 
Sandy shores. Dorset. Devon. Cornwall. P. VIII. E. 
5. Spart'ina Schreb. 
1. S.stric'ta (Roth) ; 1. jointed to their sheaths falling short 
of the spikes, spikes 2 — 3, rachis scarcely extending beyond the 
last spikelet, outer gl. hairy.— B. 380.— St. 1—2 feet high. 
L. narrowing to the base where they easily separate from their 
sheaths. Spikes pressed close together. A remarkably rigid 
plant. — Muddy salt marshes. P. VIII. E. 
2. S. Townsendi (Groves) ; 1. jointed to thair sheaths falling 
short of spike, spikelets 4 — 9, rachis produced beyond the 
spikelets and flexuose, outer glumes slightly downy. — of B. 
XX. 1. t. 225. — St. \h to 4 feet high. L. broadest at the base. 
Spikelets rather spreading. — Mud-flats. I. of Wight, Hants, 
Sussex, Kent. P. VIIL E. 
3. S. alterniflora (Loisel.) ; 1. continuous with their sheaths 
equalling or exceeding the 6 — 8 spikes, spikelets many, rachis 
produced beyond the spikelets and flexuose, outer gl. glabrous. — 
E. B. S. 2812. P. 75.— St. 2—3 feet high. L.' broadest at 
the base. Spikes loosely pressed together.— Mud-flats by 
Southampton Water. P. VIIL E. 
