PLend.ph. 10. GRAMINEiE. 78. Anthroxati. 135 
XXXVII. 78. ANT II O X ANT HUM. Lin. Spring-grass . 
Glume 3-flowered ; spathelles unequal, membranous, 
longer than the glumelles: side flowrets neuter, 1-spa- 
thellaled, awned ; one flowret with a twisted, plaited awn 
below the middle ; the other with a straight awn near the 
tip : middle flowret hermaphrodite, three times shorter 
than the side flowrets ; spalhellules membranous, rather 
blunt, awnless; style simple at bottom; stigmata very long, 
featherlike; cariopsis free, furrowed. — Spike branched. 
Anthoxanthum odoratum. Sweet spring-grass . 
Spike ovate, oblong ; fertile flowret rather pedicelled, 
longer than the awn ; spathellule of the barren flowret ci- 
liated. 
Gramen vernum spica brevi laxa, Raii Syn. 398, 1, 
Anthoxanthum odoratum, Lin. S. P. 40. 
Fields and pastures; perennial; May. 
Root fibrous; culm 2 feet high, upright, smooth, bald, 
naked above; leaves lanceolate, acute, shorter than the 
sheath, ciliated ; upper leaves very short ; sheaths smooth, 
villous above ; upper very long ; ligulae nicked ; spike in- 
terrupted, greenish becoming yellow, woolly ; peduncles 
semiverticillate, fewflowered; locustce very smooth, erect; 
plant while drying smells like woodroof, 
j3. pubescens, Locustce pubescent. 
y. effusum. Spike slightly branched ; leaves pubescent. 
alpinum . Spike branched ; awn longer than the flow- 
ret, leaves smooth. Perhaps a distinct species. 
XXXVIII. 79. HOLCUS. Linnaeus. Softgrass. 
Glumes 2-flowered ; spathelles alternate, nearly equal, 
membranous, longer than the flowrets, mucronate; flowrets 
dissimilar, both hermaphrodite ; lower flowret longer ; 
spathellules not notched, awned on the back ; awn bent or 
plaited ; lower spathellule of the upper flowret mostly awn- 
less ; lodicule lanceolate, not notched, bald ; style 2-parted ; 
cariopsis free, not furrowed. — Panicle contracted, cylindrical. 
1. Holcus lanatus. Woolly softgrass . 
Awn of the upper flowret bowed, bent back ; spathelles 
unequal, villous ; root fibrous ; leaves villous, soft. 
