TRIAND. DIGYN. 1 29. Alopecurus. 130. Milium. 139 
^^''otcnsis, 
*linicula. 
‘»s. 
129. ALOPECURUS. Calyx 2-vz\ved, i-ficwered: 
corol i-valved. Fox tail grajs. 
Spike round : involucrets fetaceous, fafcicled, 2-flowered : 
peduncles villous. 
Eall Indies. Phk. ahn. 177. t. 92, f. 5. 
Leaves hairy both fides ; the fheaths hairy. 
Culmere£l; fpikc very fimple, tapering: glumes of the 
calyx diftindt, villous: root bulbous. 
Salt niailhes. Ban, ic, t . 699 "/* *• 
Culm erc(S, fmooth: fpikc fomewhat lobed; glumes of 
the calyx hairy, united at the bafe. 
Meadows. £. BoU 759. Curt. Lend. f. 5. t. 5. Mari. rujl. t. 6 . 
Culm ered, roughifli: fpike molt fimple, taper: glumes 
of the calyx nearly naked, united at the bafe, dilated 
at the keel. 
Waftcs, E. Bet. 848. Curt. Lend, f. 2. t. 7. Vlart. rufl. t. 22. 
Culm afcending, jointed : fpike fomewhat lobed, cylindrl*. 
cal; glumes retufe, hairy. 
Marflies. Curt, Lend.fafc, 5. /, 6, Mart.Jl. ru,^, t, 97. 
2. Root bulbous. 
Panicle fpiked, orate : glumes dotted, ciliate : culm 
jointed. 
Cape of Good Hope. Thunb. prodr. ig. Willd. \.p- 358. 
130. MILIUM. 2 -valved, I -flowered, tumid: 
corol 2-valvedj very fliorf. ftigma pencil-form, 
Millet-grafs. 
Panicle capillary : calyxes pointed : corol with a terminal 
curved awn. 
The Cape. Culms fmooth : leaves nanow, with a bearded 
throat ; pedicels as Herder as a fine hair. 
Panicle with fimple branches : flowers alternate, in pairs, 
pointing one way. 
Jamaica. Culm jointed, fmooth ; Jheaths beardlefs : Jhrets 
pubefeent, on (hort unequal pedicels ; receptacle angular. 
Panicle fomewhat fpiked : flowers awned. 
iViarflres. Schreb. gram. 2. t. 21 . f. 3. Pluk, phyt. t. 33. f, 6, 
^ Spikes moftly in threes; florets alternate, awnlefs, ap- 
preffed to the receptacle: culm jointed-compreffed in 
the middle : peduncles very long. 
Eaft Indies. Swanx, prodr, 24. Willd, i, p, 359. 
S 2 
digitatum. 
