( 200 .) 
ST I' PA* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. TitiA^NDRiAf, Digy'nia. 
Natural Order. Grami'ne^e, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 28. — Sm. Gram, 
of Bot. p. 68. — Engl. FI. v. i. p. 71 . — Lindl. Syn. p. 293. ; Introd. 
to Nat Syst. of Bot. p. 292. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 393. — Loud. 
Hort. Brit, p.542 . — Gramina, Linn. — GraminalEs; sect. Fes- 
tuciNje; type, Stipacea:; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. i. pp. 359, 
369, & 371. 
Gen. Char. Panicle upright, compact. Calyx (fig. 1.) of 2 
nearly equal, spear-shaped, concave, lax, pointed glumes (valves), 
longer than the palese, and containing a solitary floret. Corolla 
(fig. 2.) of 2 palese (valves), nearly equal in length; the outer 
elliptic-spear-shaped, involute, slightly keeled, with a very long, 
terminal, twisting awn, jointed, and finally separable, at the base ; 
inner much narrower, strap-shaped, awnless, inflexed at the edges, 
smooth. Nectary (fig. 4.) of 2 strap-spear-shaped, membranous, 
pointed scales. Filaments (see fig 2.) 3, thread-shaped. Anthers 
strap-shaped, upright. Germen (see fig. 3.) oblong. Styles (see 
fi?. 3.) 2, short, distinct. Stigmas cylindrical, feathery. Seed 
(fig. 6.) cylindrical, pointed, loose, closely enveloped in the hardened 
outer palea (see fig. 5.), which is very sharp, and barbed with 
bristles at the base, so ^ts to penetrate and fix itself in the earth. 
Distinguished from other Graminea, with a panicled inflorescence, 
and 1-flowered spikelets, by the calyx of 2 lax, pointed, awnless 
glumes; and the corolla of 2 cartilaginous (gristly) palese, the 
lower involute, and terminated by a very long, twisted awn, jointed 
at its base. 
One species British. 
STFPA PENNA'TA. Common Feather-grass. 
Spec. Char. Leaves rigid, setaceous, grooved. Awns exceed- 
ingly long, feathery to the point. 
Engl. Dot. 1. 1356. — Knapp’s Gram. Brit. t. 88. — Host’s Gram. Austr. v. iv. 
p. 19. t.33. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 115. — Hints. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 29. — Sm. FI. 
Brit. v. i. p. 138. Erigl. FI. v i. p. 161. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 192. — Gray’s 
Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 154. — Lindl. Syn. p. 302. — Ilook Brit. FI. p. 31. — Sincl. 
Hort. Gram. Woburn, p. 24. f. 19. and p.282. — Schrader’s FI. Germ. v. i. p. 
229. — Host’s FI. Austr. v. i. p. 67. — Gramen sparteum pennatum, Dill, in 
Ray’s Syn. p.393. — Gramen spicatum, aristis pennatis, Scheuchz. Agrost. 
p. 153. t.3. f. 13. B. — Spartum Austriacum, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 42. 
Localities. — On dry mountainous rocks; a doubtful native. — Westmore- 
land; Found by Dr. Richardson, in company with Thomas Lawson, on the 
lime-stone rocks hanging over a little valley, called Long Sleadale, about six 
miles north of Kendall: Dillenius, in Ray’s Synopsis (1724). — Nobody has 
been able to meet with it since. 
Perennial — Flowers in June. 
Fig. 1. The 2 Glumes or Calyx. — Fig. 2. The 2 Pale* or Corolla, with the 
Stamens and Pistils. — Fig. 3. Germen, Styles, and Stigmas. — Fig. 4. The Scales 
or Nectary. — Fig. 5. A Seed invested by the lower palea, which is tipped with 
the long twisted, jointed awn (see fig. 2). — Fig. 6. A Seed divested of the palea. 
* From stype, a silky or feathery substance ; such as the awns of this plant 
exhibit. Dr. Withering. 
f See Phalaris canariensis, folio 56, note f. 
