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ACOTYLEDONES. 
[. Digitaria . 
the partial rachis , awnless, flat in front, convex on the back, 
with one perfect floret, and one barren or neuter in front. 
Glumes 2, lower one much smaller or obsolete. Barren or 
neuter floret as large as the fertile one, with 1 — 2 glumellas; 
outer glumella resembling the upper glume. Outer glumella of 
the upper or fertile floret convex, embracing the inner one, at 
length hardened and enclosing the caryopsis. Styles 2, elon- 
gate, distinct. Stigmas ovate. — Named from digitus , a finger. 
[1. D. * sanguinulis Scop, (hairy F.) ; culm creeping at the 
base, leaves and tuberculate sheaths hairy, stipules membranous, 
partial spikes 3—5 somewhat digitate, partial rachis flexuose, 
spikelets oblongo-lanceolate, lower glume minute acute nerveless, 
upper lanceolate almost glabrous about half the length of the 
fertile floret, neuter glumella glabrous or slightly pubescent on 
the margin. Barn. Gr. t. 70. Panicum L. : E. B. t. 849. 
Occasionally in sandy cultivated fields near London. 0. 7, 8. 
— About a foot long, branched at the base, erect or ascending. 
In this and the next the spikelets are secund, adpressed to the 
flattened rachis, 2 together, one nearly sessile, the other on a distinct 
short stalk.] 
2. D. * humifusa Rich, (glabrous F.) ; culms depressed, 
sheaths and leaves glabrous, stipules membranous, partial spikes 
2 — 4 somewhat digitate, partial rachis nearly straight, spikelets 
ovate-elliptical, lower glume very minute truncate or wanting, 
upper oblong pubescent nearly as long as the fertile floret, 
neuter glumella pubescent. E. B. S. t. 2613 : Pam. Gr. t. 71. 
Syntherisma glabrum Schrad. Panicum Gaud. 
Rare. On loose sand at Weybridge, Surrey; Hants; Ipswich, 
Suffolk; Norfolk. 0. 7,8.' — Generally smaller and more depressed 
than the preceding, and of a more purple hue. Partial spikes usually 
fewer. Spikelets more ovate, more convex on the back and more 
pubescent. Neuter glumella purplish. 
CLASS III. 
ACOTYLEDONOUS', or FLOWERLESS PLANTS. 
Plants without real flowers analogous to what are found 
in the Dicotyledonous or Monocotyledonous classes or 
anything that can be considered as true Stamens and 
1 From without , and xorvfa ;day, a cotyledon. 
