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TRIANDRIA, DIGYNIA. 
39. Agrostis, Gen. pi. 111. CGraminete-) 
Calix 2-valved, 1-flowered, valves acute. 
Corolla 2-valved. Stigmata longitudinally 
hispid or plumose. 
atriota, !• A. panicle long upright, corollas shorter than the 
calix. Willd. 
Upright bent~grass. 
In meadows and on the borders of woods, not uncommon. 
Perennial, June* 
Mexicana. 2* A* panicle oblong compact, calices and corolla 
acuminate, nearly equal, awnless. Willd. 
A. lateriflora ? Mich. 
Mexican Bent ‘grass. 
Root creeping, jointed or soboliferous. One of my speci- 
mens of this grass was sent tome by Dr, Muhlenberg, under 
the above name, with A, lateriflora, Mich, as a synonym. 
In his Descrip. Uber. Gr. he seems not to be certain of this, 
and says ^‘compare them.’^ Pursh has both plants, with his 
mark v. sy., and his particular remarks on the A. lateriflora, 
would seem to indicate a certainty in his opinion, of the dif- 
ference of these plants. On the banks of the creeks in Jersey, 
and this side of the Delaware, Common. Perennial. Sep- 
tember. 
lecumbeiis, 3, A. culm dccumbent ; panicle pyramidal j 
Ga^dm, branches semi-verticillate, horizontally expand- 
ing : flowers crowded j corolla half the length of 
the calix. Elliot. 
Bastard Fiorin-grass* 
In the damp fields and borders of woods and meadows neat 
Woodbury, Jersey, not rare. Mistaken there for Fiorin-grass. 
Dr. Muhlenberg thinks this plant hardly different from the 
A. stolonifera of Thouin , Perennial. June, July. 
3itfea 4, A. culm erect striate smooth, geniculate at the 
base, not stoloniferous, simple. Leaves linear- 
