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LOPHOCHL^NA. Nees. 
Gen. Char. SpiculcB multiflorae, rhacliilla articulata. Glumes 2, membranaceae, obscure 1-3-nerves, flosculis 
breviores. Flosculi eallo truncate inserti, omnes perfect! : valvula inferior chartaceo-rigida, plurinervis, 
apice membranacea, bifida, lobis praemorso-dentatis, inter lobos setigera seta recta ; superior plano-com- 
plicata lateribus in medio dentato-laceris apicem versus serratis ; apice emarginato. Lodiculce truncatae, 
connatae. Stamina 3, (antheris violaceis.) Ovarium oblongo-lineare, glabrum ; styli breves, discreti ; 
stigmata parva, plumulosa. — Inflorescentia : racemus simplex, secundus. Gramina mollia. Folia hrevia. 
Spiculae bromoidece, oblong o-lineares, speciosm. Locus inter Poas Glyceriaeas Glyceriam, cui medi- 
ante Glyceria (fWindsorid) pallida consiliatur. Forsan Ticec W. pallida, amplificato generis nostri 
charactere, isti potest connecti. — Nees. 
1. L. Californica, Nees v. Esenb. in Tayl. Ann. of Nat. Hist. v. 1. p. 283. (Tab. XCV.) 
Tab. XCV. Fig. 1. Flower; fg. 2. two different views of the inner or superior valve ; — magnified. 
1. Bromus earinatus; annuus, caule erecto, foliis linearibus pilosis vaginis deflexo-pilosis, 
racemo composito ramis 1-3-nis oligostacliyis, spiculis sessilibus lanceolatis valde com- 
pressis, glumis lanceolatis acutissimis muticis 3-5-nerviis carinatis, flosculis patulis, glu- 
mella exteriore pubescente lanceolata ex apice bifido longe setigera carinata obscure 7- 
striata, interiore bicarinata ad carinas ciliata, caryopsi hinc canaliculata. 
Perhaps this ought to be referred to the Genus Ceratochloe, but the straight seta, or awn, is almost as 
long as the floret, and, with the exception of the compressed spikelet, the character is entirely that of Bromus. 
1. Melica imperforata; panicula composita et decomposita (ante anthesin contracta), 
pedicellis nudis scabro-puberulis, spiculis oblongis bi-trifloris, glumis ineequalibus obtusius- 
culis, superior! flosculos subaequante, valvula inferior! flosculorum perfectorum apice 
brevi spatio membranaceo-appendiculata 7-nervi, flosculo supremo sterili sublineari 
antheriformi, foliis anguste linearibus vaginisque scabris. Nees . — Trin. Gram. Ic. t. 355. 
— Melica colpodioides. Nees v. Esenb. in Tayl. Ann. of Nat. Hist. v. 1. p. 283. — Poa 
viridi-purpurea. Hook, et Arn. mss. 
This has certainly not exactly the habit of a Poa, to which w’e had been disposed to refer it ; and the 
flowers are fewer in number than usually occur in that Genus. In appearance it approaches slightly to 
Eragrostis Koenigii, and E. interrupta, but it unquestionably is not a species of Eragrostis. The glumes 
are membranaceous, but the florets are of a firm texture, greenish and tinged with purple, their margins white 
and membranaceous. We have only seen the upper portion of the plant, although the specimens are about 
two feet in length; the panicle is from 9 inches to a foot long. We adopt the Genus to which we find that 
Trinius, and since, Nees von Esenbeck, have referred it. 
1. Poa serotina, Gaud — Poa fertilis, Host, Gram. 3. t. 14. 
Our plant resembles that of Gaudin in the spikelet, but it is more rigid, and the inflorescence is an inter- 
rupted, contracted, narrow, linear, erect panicle, the lower branches of which are shorter than the internodes. 
1 . Stipa avenacea, L. 
1. Brizopyrum spicatum. — Uniola spicata, Lin, — U. stricta, Torr. in Ann. Eye. 1. p. 
55. — U. multiflora, Nutt. — Festuca distichophylla, Mich. — Poa Michauxii, Kunth. 
