1642 POLYGAMIA. MONCECIA. 
/picetus. 
1827. Holcus. 
Glumes a-flowercd, awnlefs; flowers in pairs, ii"'^ 
pencilled; fpikc ovate-oblong. 
Eaft Indies. Ca//w and /isawj briflly. , 
Hcolor, Glumes glabrous, black: feeds globular, white, awnc“' 
Perfia. Probably a variety of H. Sorghum. 
iorghum. Glumes villousj feeds comprefled, awned. ^ 
India. Bcjl. eyst,Autum. 7 .,t, 13 A* 
This produces the true culinary 
halepensis Glumes glabrous; hermaphrodite flowers awnlefsj 
awned. 
Syria. Sebreb. gram ^ 1 8 . Scbeuch. gram, t. 1 1 . 
mtiJas. Glumes i-flowered, villous; flow'ers all awnlefs. 
Eaft; Indies. Vahl.jfymb. z- p. 102. 
saccharatus Glumes villous : feeds all awned. 
India. Act. Heh. 8. 1 tg. / 4. f, r. . 
*»iollis. Glumes partly naked; hermaphrodite floret awnlen# 
with a fharply bent awn; root creeping. 
Hedges. Eng. Bet. t. 1170. Curt. Lend. fast. 5. t. 8. 
*lanatus, Glames villous: hermaphrodite floret awnlefs: 
an arched recurved awn. 
Paftures. Bng. Bot.t. 1169. Cart, hond.fasc. t. iC ' 
ItiKus. Glumes i-flowered, fmooth, awnlefs, pointed; pJ”” 
form, weak. ^ 
Virginia, PawtV/e little branched, rather nodding. . 
striwtui,^ Glumes 2-flowered, ftriate, awnlefs, pointed; panic 
ded, oblong. 
Virginia. Caijx.i-lesifed, very fmall. 
/erratus. 
tderatut. 
rfdolent. 
latifoliust 
ftrtv/as. 
4 
Glumes a-flowered, pubefeent, awnlefs: leaves 
The Cape. Thunb. prodr. z6. Raceme compound, nar’ 
Glumes j-flowered, awnlefs, pointed; hermaphrodA® 
with 2 ftamina. I 
Canada, hlorth of Europe. Loes. Prusj. 1 1 i.t, 26. ' 
Glumes 3-flowered; lateral-florets male, awne^’^^ 
the edge; middle one mollly hermaphrodite, 3 
Terra- del fuego. Vahl.fymb. z. 102. 
Glumes 3-flowered; the firfl: floret unarmed, 
prickly at the edge: leaves fubovate. 
China, /’/tfwerr alternate, folitary. (JO'’* 
Spikes digitate: outer-valves of the glumes perfo^^**' 
the middle. 
Eaft Indies. Spikes 5, linear, equal, pedicelled- j 
i8a*. CYMBANCHE. hflorescencs 
Herm. Calyx a-gluraed, i -flowered, 
rachis; outer-valve linear, inner-one bo?t 
Fem, Calyx i-glumed, ovate, oppofite the 
