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TRTANDRIA, DIGYNIA. 
63. Arundo, Gen. pi. 124. (Graminex* J 
cinnoldes. 
Siidica. 
Calix 2-valved, many-flowered. Corolla 
smooth, surrounded at the base by a long 
villous wool. Nutt. 
1. A. culm terete glabrous, erect, simple, 3 feet high. 
Leaves lanceolate, acuminate nerved, above hairy, 
smooth below. Sheaths nerved, backwardly pu- 
bescent Panicle erect narrow green, branches in 
threes scabrous. CaL glume 2-valved 1 -flower- 
ed, valves sub-equal, acuminate, purplish, carinate 
at the apex. Cor- less than the calix 2-valved, 
purplish at the apex, carinate. MuhL 
A. Canadensis, Mich. 
A. confinis, Willd. 
Cinna^like Reed. 
A very handsome large grass, with a parti-coloured long, 
heavy dense panicle. Near where Iris prismatica grows, Jer- 
sey. Rare. Perennial. August. 
64. Elusine, Gsert. (' Gramine<3e • J 
Spikes digitate. — Flowers awnless, disposed 
on one side of the rachis (or receptacle.) 
Calix carinate, many- flowered, dorsal valve 
larger, 5 to 9- nerved. Corolla 2-valved, 
awnless. (Flowers all hermaphrodite.) Nutt. 
1 .E . culm erect and procumbent,compressed, jointed. 
Leaves alternate, lanceolate nerved hairy. Ligu- 
/a white, short sub » serrate. Sheath striate smooth, 
hairy at the mouth. Spikes terminal 2 — 4, rare- 
ly solitary, fiosculi secund. CaL 2-valved, 2 — 6- 
flowered, valves ovate awnless, something smaller 
than the corolla. Cor. 2-valved compressed awn- 
less. MuhL 
Cynosurus Indicus, L* 
