234 New or rare Plants of the State of New York. 
nerved, slightly apiculate. Superior valve two-nerved, a little shorter 
than the outer one. Stamens 3. Anthers large, linear, orange-red. 
Stigmas 2, hairy. Styles very short. Caryopsis subglobose, coriaceous, 
smooth and shining. 
Hab. On rocks, Watertown, Jefferson county, Dr. Crawe. 
Flowers Aug. — Sept. I have also specimens collected near 
New Haven, Connecticut, by Mr. J. D. Dana. In Muhlen- 
berg's herbarium there is a fragment of this grass with a specie 
men of V.juncea, from the late Dr. Baldwin, The locality 
is not noted on the label, but it was most probably collected in 
Delaware. Dr. Torrey has also received specimens from the 
vicinity of Montreal. 
35. V. VAGiNiFLORA, ToTTey, in Graifs Gram. ^ Cyp. I, 
n. 3. Agrostis virginica, Muhl. Gram. p. 74. Torrey, Fl. L 
p. 89. non Linn. 
Watertown, Jefferson county, 
36. Panicum xanthophysum, Gray, Gram. ^ Cyp, I, 
n. 28. 
Whole plant light green, becoming yellowish in drying, i?ooi peren- 
nial. Culm simple or branching from the base, 12 — 15 inches high, gla- 
brous. Leaves broad-lanceolate, 3 — 6 inches in length, 4 — 6 lines broad, 
acute, strongly nerved, nearly smooth, ciliafe at the base. Sheaihsvil- 
lose, shorter than the joints. Peduncles elongated when old. Panicle 
sub-simple, few-flowered, with the branches appressed, nearly smooth, 
Spikelets globose-obovate, as large as in P. latifolium. Glumes pubes- 
cent; the inferior one oblong, acutish, 3-nerved, about half the length 
of the 9-nerved superior one. Abortive Jloret staminiferous, 2-valved ; 
inferior valve equalling the superior glume; superior valve shorter 
membranaceous. Perfect Jloret cartilaginous, rather obtuse, smooth 
and shining, equalling the superior glume. 
Hab. In dry pine barrens, near Oneida Lake; and Hamil- 
ton, Madison county, Dr. J. S. Douglas. Flowers June and 
July. This interesting species has also been found at Conway, 
