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2. Echinochlo'a Pal. de Beam. 
[E. Crm-gal'K (Beauv.) ; spikes alternate or opposite, spike- 
lets near together, upper gl. and sterile floret awned or mucro- 
nate hispid, rachis hispid. — E. B. 876. P. 67. Panicum Sm. 
Oplisynenus Kiinth. — A strong coarse gi'ass ; found occasionally 
on cultivated land. Near London. A. VTI.] E. 
3. Seta'eia Pal. de Beauv. 
1. S. vir'idis (Beauv.) ; pan. spikelike, involucral bristles with 
forward teeth, lower pale smooth. — Panicum Sm., E. B. 875. 
P. 68.— London and Norwich. A. VII. Vm. E. 
[•S. verticiUdta (Beauv.) ; pan. spikelike, involucral bristles 
with declining teeth, lower pale smooth. — Panicum Sm., E. B. 
874. P. 69.— London and Norwich. A.Vn. Vffl.] E. 
[_S. fflauca (Beauv.) ; pan. spikelike, involucral bristles with 
ascending teeth, pales transversely rugose. — Weybridge, Surrev- 
Mr. Borrer. A. IX.] . E. 
Tribe II. Chlorides. 
4. Cy'nodon Rich. 
1. C. Dac'tylon (Pers.) ; spikes 3 — 5 digitate, pales smooth 
edges and keel .slightly ciliate, 1. downy beneath, barren shoots 
prostrate.— i^. B. 850. P. 72.— Creeping. Flowering st. 4—6 
m. high, ending in a cluster of spreading many-fl. slender spikes. 
Spikelets pm-plish. L. on the long branched barren shoots "flat, 
spreading ; on the others usually folded. — Sandy shores. Dorset. 
Devon. Cornwall. P. Vm. E. 
5. Spaeti'na 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. — E. 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. 
t2. iS". alternvflora (Loisel.) ; 1. continuous with their sheaths 
equalling or exceeding the spikes, spikes 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 and 
not separating from their sheaths more easily than at any other 
part. Spikes pressed close together. — ^Mud-flats in the river 
Itchin at Southampton. P. VIII. E. 
