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TRIAND. DIG. 123. Perotis. 134. Leerfia. 
Rawnnte, Panicle loofe, on a woolly receptacle ; flowers awned. 
India. Moris, hift.f. 8. /. 8./. 32. Zanon. hist. 1 . t. 24. 
efrindricunt. Panicle fpiked, cylindrical : peduncles i flowered : floweP 
awnlefs, 2-male : leaves flat : joints bearded. 
Europe. India. Lamarck. Encycl. i. t. 40./. 2. Cyril. 2. r. «'• 
Thanhcrgti, Panicle fpiked, cylindrical ; peduncles l-flowered : flowefS 
awnlefs, 2-male: leaves convolute : joints glabrous- 
Eaft India. Willd. Jp. pi. i. p. 323. Retoo- oh/. 5. p. 17. 
Panicle yellowifh, woolly : jehts of the culm naked ; Jlowers 
? ilamina and z llyles : corol lefs than the calyx. 
123. PEROTIS. Calyx o: corol 2-valvcd; 
valves equal, awned, invefted on the outfide wit^^ 
very long wooh 
latifolia. Culm Ample : leaves waved ; joints glabrous. 
India. Pluk aim. i. Rheed. Mai. iz. t. 62. 
Fk’wers in a thin fpike : forets pedicelled, purpHlh. 
planifoUa. Culm Ample ; leaves flat, lanceolate : joints glabrous. 
India. Burm. Ind. t, g. Jtg. 3. 
Exactly refemblcs the laft, except in the leaves. 
pohstachya. Culm, branched ; leaves flat ; joints bearded. 
India. Lamarck, enclycl. I./. 388. t 40./ 3. 
Leaves linear, margin of the Iheach bearded. 
124. LEERSIA. Calyx O', glume i-wdhfcd, cloCcd. 
Panicle much fpread ; fpikelets 3-male, fpreading : glunJ®® 
ciliate on the keel. 
Europe. America. Schreh. gram.6. t.zz. Pbalaris cryzeides. 
Leaves rough : Jicnuers white with green lines. 
Panicle much fpread; fpikelets moftly 3-malc, apprefled: 
glumes ciliate on.the keel. 
North America. Willd. fp. pL i . p. 3 2 5 . 
Branches not flexuous: not fpreading. 
Panicle much fpread : fpikes remote, lax ; fpikelets point' 
mg one way, roundifli, i-male; glumes fmooth. 
Jamaica. Snuartz. prodr. 21. Willd. fp. pi. i. p. 325. 
Panicle much fpread: fpikelets alternate, 6-male: gliim^^ l 
nearly fmooth. 
Jamaica. Snvanz. prodr. 21. Willd, fp. pi, h p. ^26. 
oryzoides. 
virginica. 
monandra. 
hexandra. 
