92. GRAMINE.E. 
C. secalina Sin. not Willd. — Fr. very large, twice as long as the 
glumes. I have not seen native specimens. — Small valley about 
three miles west of Panmure, Forfar. Mr. G. Don. P. VI. — S. 
(>7. C. ampullacea {Good.) ; fertile spikes 2 or 3 remote cyhn- 
(Irical erect stalked, bracts leallike without sheaths, fr. subglobose 
inflated luith a long narrow bifld beak, “nut obovate triquetrous,” 
st. smooth obtusely angled. — E. B. 780. Schk. Tt. 107. H. b. 65. 
R. ()59. — St. 1 — 2 feet high, with rounded faces and 3 slight 
angles. L. glaucous, channeled. — Very wet bogs. P. VI. 
68. C. vesicaria (L.); fertile spikes 2 or 3 remote cylindrical, 
bracts leatiike without sheaths, fr. ovate-conical inflated nar- 
rowing gradually into a subulate bifid beak, “ nut elhptical tri- 
(jnetrous,” st. with acute angles. — E. B. 779. Schk. Ss. 106. 
H. h. 64. R. 658. — St. 2 feet high, mth flat faces and 3 strongly 
marked angles. L. rather broad, green. — /3? involuta; 1. narrow' 
folded into a | cylinder, midrib of fern, glumes terminating in an 
apiculus, fr. narrower. Probably distinct. — Wet bogs. /3. Hale 
Moss, Manchester. Mr. J. Sidebotham. Congleton, Chesh. Mr. 
E. Wilson. P. V. 
69. C. paludosa (Good.); glumes of the barren spikes obtuse, 
fertile spikes cyliiuh-ical obtuse, bracts leaflike without sheaths, 
fr. oblong-obovate compressed with a short bifid beak, “ nut 
roundish-obovate triquetrous.” — E. B. 807. Schk. Oo. 103. — 
St. 2 — 3 feet high, angles rough. L. broad. — Wet places. P. V. 
70. C. riparia (Curt.); glumes of the barren spikes acute, fer- 
tile spikes acute cylinth-ical, bracts leaflike without sheaths, ft', 
oblong-ovate convex on both sides narrowed into a short broad 
cloven beak, “ nut pyriform trigonous.” — E. B. 579. Schk. Qq. 
and Rr. 105. H. b. 66. — St. 3 feet high, angles rough. L. broader 
than in the preceding. — Wet places. P. V. 
Order XCII. GRAMINEiE. 
FI. perfect or unisexual, 1, 2 or more seated on a common axis 
which is contained Avithin an involucre of 1 or 2 valves (glumes) 
or rarely wanting, the whole forming a locusta or spikelet. Each 
fl. of 1 or 2 scales (pales) of which the outer or lower is simple 
and usually keeled, the inner with 2 nerves or keels. Hypogy- 
nous scales 2, 3, or none. Stain. h^qiogjTious, 1 — 6. Anth. ver- 
satile, notched at both ends. Ovaiy 1 -celled. Styles usually 2, 
rarely 1 or 3. Embiyo on the outside of the albumen and at its 
base. — L. w'ith split sheaths'. 
' Nearly all the genera of this Order are beautifully figured in the 
Gen, Ft. Germ. Monocotyl. vol. i. 
