170 TRIAND. DIGYN. 148. Lolium. 149. Rottboelia. 
depressa. Culms trifid-branchcdj decumbent: awns a little rough- 
Malabar. Retx.obf. 4. p, 22, Willd. i. p. 461. 
Lea<ves narrow : pankk moftly one way : caljx i -flowered. 
erunainhcta Panicle oblong, ere£l : middle awn longer, fmooth. 
Esft Indies. Leaws involute, narrow : foyers oblong, gr®)'* 
mixed with white hairs : calyx about 5 -flowered. 
148. LOLIUM. Calyx i -leaved, fixed, 
ered; florets in a 2-rowed Ipike. 
*perenne. Spike awnlefs : fpikelets comprefled, lanceolate, long^^ 
than the calyx. 
Rye-grafs. Eng, Bot, t. Mart.Jl.rull.t, if. 
2, Flowers awned. Vaill.p. 80. t, 17. R. 
Darttf'- 
ftemulen- 
turn. 
*ar<venss. 
maximum. 
distaehyon. 
Spike awned : fpikelets elliptic, fhorter than the caly^' 
culm rough above. 
Corn fields. Flor. Dan. t. 160, Leers. t. I2._/1 2. 
Spike nearly awnlefs: fpikelets elliptic, as long as the 
lyx : culm quite glabrous. 
Fields. Moris, f 8. r. 2 _/". I. Smith Ji. Brit. 150. 
Upper flowers awned: fpikelets compreffed, as long as 
calyx. 
Jamaica. Willd. fp.pl i./. 462. ». 4. 
Upper forets with long awns, the reft awnlefs. 
Spikes in pairs : calyxes i -flowered : corols woolly. , 
Malabar. Culms proftrate, filiform : fiikes double, termie*/ 
equal, feffile, with white down; corol ovate, rough 
white wool. 
149. ROTTBCELIA. Calyx fixed, moftly 
ed, fimple or 2-parted : flowers ranged alternai^^' 
ly on a jointed common receptacle. Hard gt' 4 ^' 
*incw-vata. Spike round, fubulatc: glume of the calyx fubulate, 
! valved, apprefled. 
Salt marfhes. Eng. Bat. t.jGo. Flor. Dan, t,c)’^%. 
fetacea. Spike fetaceous, a little curved : calyx 2- valved : 
imbricate, pointing one way. 
Coromandel- Roxb. Corom. 2, i. \ oz. 
Nardus indica. Lin.Jupi>l.io'^.Wiild.i.p.o,\<^. 
Culms ereft, branched, filiform, leafy ; haws a little hairy 
in: receptacle excavated, not jointed. 
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