80 , 
tenella . 
erocata , 
hirsuta. 
aquatica. 
parvifiora . 
suhv er titilla- 
ta. 
Eragrostis . 
TRIANDRIA DIG V NI A. Poa. 
11. P. panicula subverticillata capillari, pedunculis flexuosis, 
spiculis linearibus subsexfloris pedicellatis, floribus 
oblongis acutis minutis glabris, foliis brevibus planis 
apice subulatis glabris, vaginis collo barbatis culmo 
decumbente. 
P. tenella. Willd. sp. pl. 1. p. 3g5 ? 
In sandy fields : New Jersey to Carolina. © . July. v. v. j 
v. s. in Herb . Lambert, sub nomine P. pilosce. 
12. P. panicula laxa patula, spiculis ovatis quadri-quinque- 
floris pedicellatis, floribus oblongis subpubescentibus, 
foliis glabris, vaginis collo nudo, culmo erecto glabro. 
Mich.jl. amer. 1 . p. 68. 
In Canada, Hudson’s Bay, and Lake Mistassins. Michaux. 
-f . 
13. P. panicula ramosissima capillari, spiculis sparsis longe 
pedicellatis subquinquefloris, floribus, oblongis acutis 
glabris, foliis culmo longioribus glabris, vaginis hirsu- 
tissimis, culmo erecto crasso. Midi Jl. amer. 1 . p. 68. 
In sandy fields : New Jersey to Carolina, frequent. © . 
July. v. v. 
14. P. panicula erecta semiverticillata : ramulis flexuosis, 
spiculis ovatis quinquefloris crassis, floribus obtusis 
glabris septemnervibus, culmo erecto glabro tereti. 
P. aquatica. Willd. sp. pl. 1 . p. 38 5 ? 
In ditches, frequently in salt-marshes : Canada to Vir- 
ginia. l/.June — Aug. v. v. It approaches P. aqua- 
tica very nearly, but seems to differ in habitus and 
other characters considerably. 
15. P. panicula diffusa capillari semiverticillata ramosissima 
spiculis parvis subquadrifioris, floribus oblongis sub- 
acutis exquisite striatis, foliis distichis culmum supe- 
rantibus glabris, ligulis lancedlatis acuminatis, culmo 
exerto vagi nato. 
P. striata. Lam . encycl. 5. p. 84 ? 
In close copses and shady places : New York to Virgi- 
nia. 11. July. v.v. About a foot high 3 very slender. 
16 . P. panicula laxa basi subverticillata, pedicel] is elongatis,' 
spiculis raris subquinquefloris, calycibus crassiusculis 
subangulatis obtusis. Pers . ench. 1. p. g4. 
P. laxa. Lam. illustr. 1. p. 183. 
In Virginia. Lamarck, -f. 
17 . P. panicula patente pyramidata, ramulis divaricatis, spi- 
culis linearibus decemfloris, floribus ovatis acutis tri- 
