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TRIANDRIA, DIGYNIA. 
aiigustifo- 
liiim, 
Elliot, 
paiiciflorum, 
Elliot ? 
ensifoliuin, 
Bald. 
multiflorum, 
Elliot ? 
strictum, 
Pursh. 
anthers black. Fist* 2, black purple. Seed ash- 
coloured and white, smooth. Muhl. 
A tall purplish grass. Rare. In watery places. Near to 
the ferry house opposite Gloucester point, Jersey.^ Perennial. 
August. 
11. P. panicle few-flowered, expanding; leaves 
scattered, linear-lanceolate, glabrous underneath, 
sparingly ciliate. EllioU 
In dry places, Jersey, rare. June.’ 
12. P. panicle expanding, few-flowered, flowers 
very large ; leaves narrow lanceolate, ciliate at 
base; sheaths hairy. Elliot. 
Also in Jersey, but more common. Perenpial. May. 
13. P. plant small, glabrous, leaves ovate-lanceolate, 
very acute, expanding ; panicle small, few-flower- 
ed ; flowers somewhat ovate, pubescent. Elliot, 
About 12 inches high. On the high gravelly hills, near to 
Lemon-hill (canal road), Schuylkill. Perennial. May. 
14. P. culm erect, simple, glabrous; leaves broad, 
lanceolate, hairy at base ; panicle much branched, 
expanding ; flowers small, pubescent. Elliot. 
About two feet high. Leaves long and broad. Rare. Jersey, 
in shaded places. Perennial. May, June. 
15. P. panicle solitary shorter than the terminal leaf ; 
branches simple flexuose, glumes alternate pedun- 
culate obovate, turgid; valves numerously striated 
acute, leaves linear upright gradually becoming 
very acute, striated and scabrous above, hairy un- 
derneath, with long hairy sheaths. Pursh, 
About eight inches or a foot high. On the banks of the 
Delaware, opposite Philadelphia, not uncommon. Annual. 
July. 
