TRIANDRIA. DIGYNIA. MeHca. 
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W, Hujks Q.~JIowered, woolly \ hermaphrodite 
Jloret awnless : male Jloret with a bent awn, 
inclofed in the calyx. 
MEADOW SOi'T-GflAS?. Meac^ows and pasfures; 
coninioii. ' ' O. June, July, 
H. glumis subaequallbiis nudiusculis, flosculo mollis. 
hermaphroditico inferiore mutico, masculo 
arista geniculata, radice repeiite. 
H. Roots creeping', joints woolly: awn pro^ 
iiuding out oj tlie calyx. Curt, 
CREEPING SOFT-GRASS. Corn fields and woods. 
P, July, August* 
H. glumis inaequalibus glabris, flosculo her- avena~ 
maphroditico supcriore submutico, masculo ecus, 
arista geniculata relracta, radice nodosa. 
H. Pamcled'. calyx ^.-flowered: male Jloret 
awned : hermaphroditejlowerfometimes awn-^ 
lejs, 
Avena elatior. Sp. PI, 117. With, 163. 
OAT-MKE SOFT-GRASS. Meadows, pastures, and 
roadsides. P. June, July, 
MELICA. Smith. 91. Withering, 138. 
Cal, bivalvis, sub-blflorus : rudimentum tertii 
floris inter flosculos. Cor, bivalvis. 
Cal. ^-valved, ^-flowered, with a little sub- 
fiance, on a pedicle, betwixt theJlorets, Nec¬ 
tary 1 leaj. Stamens dilated at the bafe: 
M. petal is imberblbus, panicula secunda ra- uniflo- 
mosa, floribus erectis, calyce unifloro; ra, 
M. Panicle thinly fet: calyx with 2 Jlorets, one 
hermaphrodite, the ether neutral. 
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