?si.rfh Ain(.rut.ut Cy['eracsit. ^53 
Siirpii-; coarctatus. Eltiflt ! sh. 1. j). S3. 
S. ca->tanruss MidiL! fffiim, p. :j8, (in part). 
C'liiii about a foof hisl'.. srt'.nofli, a lilile thitivin- tlinn r\ brittle " gene- 
rallv bemlius:." J^U- L'-itrfs rhipfiy scateri on llic lower part of the 
culm, smooth, iho orifirf ot'ihe slioaths bearded wiili loiiii hairs. Umbel 
con-listing of from 1-j to '2') spikes: the rays sliort and crowded, none of 
them more than half an incli in U'Jifrth. Inrohicre of many short seta- 
ceous leaves; one of fuc leaves <oniev%-liat longer than the umbel. 
Spikes 3 linc^ loni;, some of ihein sessile, or on \ cry sliorl peduncles. 
.Sf;/'V.s- ]»rct!v liistinotly 4-rankc>(i, ferru-j^inous, uirlj a narrow green keel, 
sVurhtiy friii^ifd towards ih- siimniit. Slainri<.-^ uiiitiwmly 2, of a bluish 
colour wlieii ripe. '^'!l('' 3-part('d : ih(^ divi-ioiis ^^landularly pubes- 
cent. .Y''/ iiii':p!aii V irinn'iular. ih'' back hroidest. ih^ front rather ob- 
trt^'^lv nniiular: llie sumniit \i- \' <>1 tose and rrowntd with a minute 
dark point, wiiieh is the ))ersisir'nl bas<' of tlu- style: t)ie sides appearing 
paf)iiliise under a hiijh magnilier. 
Hah. \'ery thy sandy soils. So;itli Carolina, Elliott! ; 
near Savaimali. (Jcoruia, Dr. Balihnii! 
Oh.s. .\v'a:iy related to the two preredins: speoie-, but 
readily disti:iiruislied by its tiller and nriviei' cLdm, smooth 
Kvtve=;, and dea-e ii-nb ds. [r has a stro!)^- ix-seiidjhmce also 
to [. <^r ict'is. .\. (fh /v., a native oi the j) ntinsuia o! laJia. 
7. Tsoi.EPl.^i .STRVOI'l! VI.T.A. 
Cidins filiinrni, ee.-jiito-c, aniu];ir O-ud sidcate ; leave.-' ?eta- 
ceoii- ; in\ olticie in nv.-leare 1, 4- oflhe leaves ve/y loni: ? -^pikps 
in a leiuiiua! cajiiiate cln^ter: sc.al;r ■^fon.dy {•arinata; tJie keel 
prominent and scmImoiis ; the snnirnit in'odnr-od into d l-onjr cus- 
pidaie point; unt tri,]iietro;is, depre-scd at the suniinit, traxi.?- 
ver.-elv ruiridose. 
."^firpiis sienopiivllns, Kllioil .' sk. 1. p. SS. 
JXiehroma cespitosa. Mi.Iil. .' ^rnm. p. 14- 
Dichromena cespitosa. Sjin />•:■. .^i/st. 1. p. "2ii"2. 
Ciilin{> densely eespiiosc, dry ;md wiry. 3 — '> in'-hes liii h. scabrous 
towards the suinniii. L'jav^^s ansiular, iwoiiiirds as Ion? as the cnlm, 
very scabrous: sheaths loose and bearded, l/iv' r. consisting of many 
