404. CALIFORNIA— SUPPLEMENT. iLycopodiacece. 
We can see no difference between the Uniola spicata of Linn, and Torrey’s Flora, and the U. stricta of 
the latter author. As in Brizopyrum the panicle is unisexual. 
2. B. Douglasii; glabrum, culniis fasciculatis radicantibus rigldis simplicibus, foliis 
erectis rigidis linearibus apice convoluto-subulatis culmum superantibus, paniculis (mas- 
culis) confertis ovatis, spiculis ovatis compressis subtrifloris glabris leevibus, flosculis im- 
berbibus, glumella exteriore l-Snervi, carina margineque scabris. — Poa Douglasii. Nees 
V. Esenb. in Tayl. Ann. of Nat. Hist. v. 1. p. 284. 
This is remarkable for its erect foliage, longer than the culms, and the short compact panicles somewhat 
resembling those of PJialaris Canariensis. Nees v. Esenbeck considers it a Poa, and allied to P. tricolor, 
conformis, curvula, abbreviata. Br. ^c. 
1 . Hordeum pratense, Huds. 
2. "H. piisillum, Nutt. 
POLYANTHERIX. Nees. 
(Teib. Triticese. Locus inter Elymim et AEgilopem.) 
Gen. Char. Bhachis spicse articulata. Spiculce disticho-alternse, geminse, rhachi oblique parallelse, pluri- 
florm, subsessiles. Glumes binse, collaterales, hinc ad speciem quaternse, profunde bifidse, laciniis bifidis 
trifidisve omnibus longe setaceis, tertia (ubi adest) minima. Flosculi 3-4, inferiorum uno alterove sterili 
glumis simili, tabescente. Fertilium valvula inferior chartacea, ex apice bidentato bisetove longe setigera ; 
superior minor, integra, marginibus inflexis, flexuras augulis ciliatis. Lodiculce lanceolatse, integrae, ciliatae. 
Stamina 3, antheris brevibus. Ovarium apice hirsutum ; styli distantes ; stigmata plumosa. — Gramina 
specie Elymi et Hordei. Nees. 
1. P. Hystrix, Nees v. Esenb. in Tayl. Ann. of Nat. Hist. v. 1. p. 284. — iEgilops 
Hystrix. Nutt. Gen. I. p. 86. 
Ord. LXIX. EQUISETACE^. DC. 
J. Equisetum hyemale, L. — E. Bot. t. 915. 
Hab. San Francisco. Dr Sinclair. 
2. 'Ej. fluviatile, L. — E. Bot. t. 2022. 
Hab. San Francisco. Dr Sinclair. 
Ord. LXX. LYCOPODIACE^. Juss. 
1. Tmesipteris truncata, Desv. — Hook, et Grev. Lycop. in Bot. Misc. v. 2. p. 363. — T. 
Tannensis. Labill. EL Nov. Holl. 2. p. 105. t, 252. {excl. syn.). — Psilotum truncatum,, 
Br. Prodr. p. 104. 
