128 70. Chrysurus. 10. GRAMINEiE. Pl.end.ph, 
D. Arundinace.e. Rachis panicled ; locustce single, 
manyflowered ; glumes carinate ; glumelles of nearly the 
same consistence as the glumes; lower spathellule concave, 
awlshape at top; bottom generally girt with hairs; upper 
2-ribbed ; styles 2. 
XXX. 71. ARUNDO. Pliny. Reed. 
Glumes 5 or 7-flowered ; spathelles alternate, unequal, 
acute, shorter than the flowrets; lower Jlowret male or 
neuter; glumelles naked; upper Jlowret hermaphrodite; 
glumelles girt at bottom with wool : lower spathellule long 
awlshape ; 2 ipper 2-cut, toothed ; lodicule truncate, fringed ; 
stigmata aspergilliform ; cariopsis husked. — Panicle very 
much branched, loose. 
Arundo vallatoria . Bankside reed. 
Panicle loose ; locustce upright, 5-flowered ; leaves and 
sheaths smooth ; root creeping. 
Arundo vallatoria, Ger. «m. 32; Raii Syn. 401, 1. 
Harundo vulgaris sive vallatoria, Park. 1202. 
Arundo Phragmitis, Lin. S. P. 120. 
Arundo palustris, Salisb. Prod. 24. 
Watery places; perennial; July. 
Cidm annual, erect, 6 feet high ; leaves spreading, glau- 
cous underneath ; ligula very short ; pajiicle rather erect, 
purplish. 
Panicles dye woollen green ; culm forms a very durable 
skreen in gardens against the wind, and is also used as a 
foundation for plaster-floors ; the inner membrane of the 
culm forms a very sensible hygrometer. 
|3. variegata. Leaves variegated. 
E. Avenace^:. Rachis panicled; locustce fewflowered; 
glumes carinate; glumelles of the same consistence as the 
glumes; lower spathellule awned; awn kneed, twisted; upper 
2-keeled ; styles 2-cut. 
XXXI. 72. TRXSETUM. Persoon. Threelrisile . 
Glumes membranaceous, 3 to 5-flowered; spathelles al- 
ternate, nearly as long as the flowrets ; lower spathellule 
2-cut, toothed, back awned above the middle; awn her- 
baceous, flexuosc, rarely, plaited ; lodicule lanceolate, not 
notched, bald; style 2-parted; stigmata plumose, nearly 
aspergilliform ; cariopsis slightly husked, furrowed. — Panicle 
branched. 
