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58. Daxthonia, Decandolle. ( Gramine<^,J 
Calix 2-valved, many flowered, very large, 
equal to or exceeding the included spikelet. 
Exterior valve of the corolla concave, with 
the points emarginate, mucronate, awned, or 
unarmed and then trifid. Nutt. 
1. D. leaves subulate, short, those of the root often spicata. 
hairy on the upper surface ; stipula obsolete, cili- 
ate ; raceme simple, or subdivided near the base ; 
spikelets 4 to 9 ; calix longer than the spikelet j 
flosculi 6 or 7. Nutt. 
Avena spicata, L. not of Elliott. 
From one to two feet high ; leaves 2 to 4 inches long. In 
dry coppices every where frequent. Perennial. April. 
2. D. culm erect ; raceme compounded, branches 2 sericea, 
and 3-flowered j spikelets 9 to 13, 8 and 9-flow- 
ered, somewhat shorter than the calix ; corolla 
valves very unequal, outer lanceolate, densely vil- 
lous on the margin, setosely bifid at the point, ^ 
with a central contorted awn j inner valve ciliate, 
much shorter. Nutt, 
Avena spicata, Elliot. 
Avena glumosa, Mich. ? and Muhl. ? 
This beautiful species, first described by Mr. Nuttall, as 
an inhabitant of Carolina, was last summer found both by him, 
and myself, in Jersey within a mile or two of this city. Not 
common. July. 
59. Festuca, Gen. pi. 119. ( Gramineos, ) 
Calix 2-valved, many-flowered. Spikelets 
compressed, distich al, acute at either extre- 
mity. Outer valve of the corolla entire, 
generally terminating in an awn. “ Seed 
growing to the corolla. ^’’Schrader, 
