TEFF. 
TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Calyx bivalve, tapering to a point. 
Corolla bivalve; valves egg-shaped, rather acute, and some- 
what longer than the calyx. 
Seed single, oblong, compressed, tapering at each end. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Poa Abyssinica. P. panicula capillari laxa erecta, spiculis qua- 
drifloris laevibus lineari-lanceolatis, folns 
glabris subconvolutis. Linn. Spec. Plant. 
Willd, 1. p. 394. no. 31. 
Panicle erect, loose, and hair-like. Spiculae 
four-flowered, smooth, and linear lanceo- 
late 3 leaves somewhat convoluted. 
P. .panicula patula, spiculis oblongis, circiter 
quinque-floris, culmo geniculato, interne 
procumbente ramoso. Jacq. Icon. Rar. 1. 
pi. 17. Misc. 2. p. 364. 
Xeff Bruce's Travels, 7- P- 184. 8vo. ed. Edw. 
Germ. 5. p. 84. pi. 24. 
This is an annual plant, and, as its specific name 
imports, a native of Abyssinia. It rises to the 
height of two or three feet, and produces a pro- 
digious number of small seeds, which, notwith- 
