TRIANDRIA, DIGYNIA. 
6B 
A well known grass, called as above, from its resemblance 
. to rye • In rye-fields frequent, and in the neighbourhood of 
barns, on all the farms within ten miles of Philadelphia. In- 
troduced. Annual* July. 
multiiiorus* 2. B. panicle spreading ; peduncles nearly simple, 
spikelets ovate lanceolate compressed 15-flower- 
ed, flosculi sub-imbricated roundish. Smith- 
B. secalinus. Leers. 36. t. 11. f. 2. Lightf. 1086* 
Linn. FI. Suec. ed 2. 96. var. 2. (Smith.) 
Many-fiowered Cheat. 
Resembles the preceding in habit, very much ; and is, in- 
deed, very nearly allied to it. Grows in similar places. Along 
the bank-walk from Gray's ferry to Kingsess-gardens, fre- 
quent. Most probably introduced. Annual. June. 
purgans. 3« B. panicle nodding; leaves naked ; sheaths vil- 
lous ; glumes hairy. Sp-pU 
Cathartic Broom-grass- 
In neglected fields in Jersey, frequent. Perennial. Au- 
gust. 
61. Dactylis, Gen. pi. 117. ( Graminex-J 
Calix 2-valved, many-flowered, compressed, 
one of the valves larger, and carinate, some- 
what awned. Corolla 2-vaIved . — Spikelets 
aggregate and capitate. Nutt. 
giomerata. 1, D. panicle secund, clustered. Sp. pi. 
Icon. Host. gram. 2. t. 94. Schreb. gram. t. 8. 
f. 2.(Pursh.) 
Orchard-grass, 
A well-known grass by the above English name. Intro- 
duced, but now naturalized. In all fields^ meadows, and 
woods common. Perennial. June» 
