TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. Afra. 
longioribus : altero pedicellate, glumis acutis carina 
asperis, foliis angustis glabris brevibus, culmo erecto. 
A. capillacea. Lam. illustr. 1. p. 1 77* 
On slate hills and in sandy fields : Virginia to Carolina. 
11 . July. v. v. About eight inches high ; panicle 
purple. 
7- A. foliis setaceis, vaginis angulatis, floribus paniculato- 
spicatis, flosculis basi aristatis. Willd . sp. pi. 1. 
p. 380. 
Icon. FI. dan. 383. 
On dry sandy hills : Virginia, &c. 0. June. v. v. 
8. A. panicula patente, petalis aristatis basi villosis : arista 
recta brevi. Willd. sp. pl. 1. p. 378. 
Icon. Host. gram. 2. /.42. Engl. hot. 1153. 
In meadows, frequent. I/. June, July. v. v. 
{3. A. foliis subsetaceis. Mich.Jl. amer. 1. p. 6l. 
In Canada, -i- . Appears to be only a variety of A. ces - 
pitosa. 
Q. A. panicula patente trichotoma : pedunculis flexuosis, 
aristis geniculatis, foliis setaceis, culmo subnudo. — 
Willd. sp. pl. 1 . p. 378. 
Icon. Host. gram. 2. t. 43. Engl. hot. 1519- FI. 
dan. 157. 
In shady woods and meadows : Canada to Carolina. I/ . 
July. v. v. 
10. A. panicula sparsa purpurea, floribus aristatis, glumis 
altera bifida nervo aristata : altera integra plumosa 
concava, foliis subulatis, culmo erecto .'—Walt. fi. 
car. 78. 
In Carolina. Walter, -f . 
90, MELICA. Gen.pl. 113. 
1. M. panicula laxa pauciflora : ramulis simplicibus, flori» 
bus obtusis imberbibus, caule erecto glabro .—Midi, 
fi. amer. 1 . p. 62. 
M. mutica. Walt.fi. car. 78. 
Icon. Moris, hist. 3. s. 8. t. J.f 51. 
In shady places: Virginia to Florida. 1/ . July. v. s. 
2. M. panicula diffusa ramosissima, floribus acutis imberbi- 
bus, caule erecto pubescente. 
M. altissima. Walt.fi. car. 78. 
In sandy swamps : Virginia and Carolina. 1/ . Jane. v. s. 
77 
praecox . 
cespilosa. 
ambigua. 
flexuosa . 
purpurea . 
glabra . 
diffusa. 
