TRIAND. DIGYN. 138. Dadylls. 
1-55 
onata. 
^’“culaia^ Flowers panicled : fplkelcts ovate. 
Carolina. Calejlf Carol, l. t. 32. Pluk. aim, t. 
Spike 2-rowed: fpikclets ovate : calyxes llightly awned. 
India. Culm imooth : Ua’ves narrow, glabrous : J'fiko ot 1 1 or 
1 2 alternate fefiile florets : calyx mucronate. 
Somewhat fpiked : leaves involute, rigid. , , , . . 
No#th America. Leases alternate: f ankle condcnled, pointing 
one way : calyx and glumes carinate, 4'dowcrcd. 
138. DACTYLIS. Caly.x a-valved, compreffed i 
one of the valves larger and carinate. 
Ccck’s-foot-grafs. 
Spikes fcattered, numerous, pointing one way : flowers 
clofely imbricate: culm ered. 
North America. Reech. \q(s. fa/c. 1, tab.g, 
broad, longer than the culm, Imooth with a rough edge, 
condenfed, imbricate every where with 
... .Jfo, often 2 feet high j on the top of which 
, . the Pelccanus magellanicus builds us ntft. 
^ Panicle cluftered into heads, pointing one way. 
Failures. Engl. BoU t. 335. Mart. ft. ruft. t. 14. 
Panicle fpiked : culm creeping leaves of the fteril 
branches 2-rowed : flieaths hairy. 
France. Spain. Willd.fp.pl. i./. 
Spikes 2 or 3, 
downy. 
Sea marlhes. 
'•^‘Pttosa, 
Panicle ovatC; 
fpikclets. 
Statenland, 
"^ilh 
‘“sa. 
dir. 
'•'Ota. 
till. 
’’oris, 
Panicle condenfed : glumes fmooth. 
The Cape. Wllld. l. p. 408. D. capitata. Linn./uppl. 1 10. 
Lednjes fmooth, 3 on the culm; /rtwV/iS crowded. , 
Panicle fpiked; glumes villous. 
The Cape. Thunh. prodr. zz. Willd. p. ^oc). 
Panicle condenfed : glumes (lightly ferrate on the keel. 
The Cape, ’ihur.b. pruir^zt. ’kyUld. i. p. 4 ° 9 - 
Panicle fpiked, involucred, ovate: glumes ciliate. 
The Cape. Culms creeping: radical f ‘ 7 ™! 
as long as the item ; Hem leaf as long as the head . head 
minal, ovate. ^ ^ 
