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1407. P. 70 . — St. ascending, a foot long. — Not a true nsitive ; 
occasionally foniul in fields. A. VIII.] E. 
2. D. humifusa (Pers.); 1. and sheaths glahrons, fl. elliptical 
downy with glahrons nerves. — 75. B. S. 2Gl.'f. P. / I. — St. mostly 
procumbent, 4 — S in. long. S)>ikes usually 3 or 4, springing 
from nearly the same ]>oint. Spikelets in pairs, one on a longer 
stalk than the other. — Sandy fields, rare. A. VII. VIII. E. 
2. Echinochloa Pal. de Beauv. 
*\. E. Crus-galli (Beauv.) ; sj)ikes alternate or opposite, spike- 
lets near together, upper glume and sterile floret awned or mu- 
cronate hispid, rachis hispid. — E. B. 87G. P. 67. R. 1412. Pani- 
cum Sm. QpUsmenus Kunth. — A strong eoarse grass; found 
occiisionally on cultivated land. — Near London. A. VII. E. 
3. Setaria Pal. de Beauv. 
*1. S . viridis {BesMX .) ; paniclespikelike, involucral bristles 
with erect teeth, pales smooth. — Panicum Sm., E. B. 875. R. 
1467. P.68.— Fields near- London and Norwich. A.VII.VIIL— E. 
*2. S. verticillata (Beauv.) ; panicle spikelike, involucral 
bristles with reflexed teeth, pales smooth. — Panicum Sm., E. B. 
874 . R. 1465. P. 69. — Fields near London and Norwich. A. VII. 
VIII. E. 
*3. /S', (Beauv.) ; panicle spikelike, involucral bristles 
with erect teeth, pales transversely rugose. — R. 1466. — Wey- 
bridge, Siu’rey. Mr. Borrer. A. IX. E, 
Tribe II. PJialaridece. 
4. Phalaris Linn . 
*1. P. canariensis {\j.) •, panicle ovate resembling a spike, 
glumes winged on the keel, wing entire, rudimentary fl. 2 half 
as long as the fertile fl., pales pilose. — E. B. 1310. R. 1492. 
P. 9. — St. 1 — 2 feet high, terminating in a compact compound 
panicle. Glumes large, pale yellow' variegated with green lines 
and remarkably winged at the back. — Scarcely natm-alized. A.VII. 
Canary-grass. 
2. P. arundinacea (L.) ; panicle upright w'ith spreading 
branches, fl. clustered, glumes not winged, rudimentarv fl. 1 or 2 
small hairy. — E. B. 402. P. 9. Baldingera R. 1494. — St. 4 — 5 
feet high, from a creeping root. Panicle 3 — 4 in. long. Glumes 
keeled. — picta; 1. variegated with white lines. — B}' water. 
P. VI. VII. 
