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the outer petal awned ; the panicle attenuated, contract¬ 
ed, interrupted. According to Halier this is ajvariety of 
the former. It is a native of France, Italy, Switzerland, 
Carniola, and Germany. Annual. 
3. Agroftis miliacea, or millet bent-grafs: the outer 
petal terminating in a ftraight ft iff awn of a moderate length. 
This refembles the firft, but the awn is only the length of 
the flowers. It is a native of Montpellier, Spain, Siberia. 
4. Agroftis bromoides, or brome-fike bent-grafs: pa¬ 
nicle fitnple, narrowed; corolla pubefcent; awn ftraight, 
longer than the calyx. It grows wild about Montpellier. 
Perennial. 
- 5. Agroftis auftralis, or fouthern bent-grafs: the pani¬ 
cle approaching to a fpike; the feed ovate, pubefcent; 
awn the length of the calyx. This is a native of Portugal. 
6. Agroftis arundinacea, or reedy bent-grafs: panicle 
oblong, outer petal villous at the bafe, and furnifhed with 
a writhed awn, longer than the calyx. It grows to the 
height fometimes of four, but moft frequently tw o, feet; 
Very ereCt, with two or three knots. The goat will al- 
moft die of hunger rather than eat it. The Calmuc Tar¬ 
tars weave mats of it, and thatch their huts wifh it. It 
giows in many parts of Europe. Perennial. 
7. A.groftis calamagroftis, or branching bent-grafs: 
panicle thickened ; whole of the outer petal woolly, awn¬ 
ed at the tip ; culm branching. This refembles the for¬ 
mer, and is a native of Germany, Switzerland, and about 
Verona. 
8. Agroftis ferotina, or late bent-grafs: flofcules ob¬ 
long mucronate : culm covered with very ftiort leaves. 
Obferved by Seguier near Verona. 
9. Agroftis rubra, or red bent-grafs : flowering part of 
the panicle very l'preading; outer petal linooth ; awn ter¬ 
minal, fpiral, recurved. It is common in Sweden and 
Scotland. 
10. Agroftis fpiciformis, or fpiky bent-grafs: panicle 
refembling a fpike; flowers two-awned: one awn infert- 
ed into the receptacle, jointed and longer than the other, 
which is ftraight, and inferted below the tip of the corol¬ 
la, which is rough. 11. Agroftis hirfuta, or hairy bent- 
grafs: panicle approaching to a fpike, culm and leaves 
hirfute, glumes of the corolla awned on the back, and 
bifid at the tip. Both thefe were found in the illand of 
Teneriffe by Mafion. 
12. Agroftis matrella: the flow'ers in racemes, outer 
valve of the calyx bent in, the tip of the keel only gaping. 
Grows in the fandy lands of Malabar. 
13. Agroftis canina, or brown bent-grafs: calyx elon¬ 
gate, a recurved awn on the back of the petals; culms 
proftate, a little branching. 
11. Naked or awnlefs. 14. Agroftis ftolonifera, or 
creeping bent-grafs: branches of the panicle fpreading, 
naked; culm creeping; calyxes equal. 
15. Agroftis capillaris, or fine bent-grafs : panicles ca¬ 
pillary, fpreading, flexufe ; calyxes fubulate, equal, 
fmooth, coloured. This is common in paftures and by 
road fides. Perennial. 
16. Agroftis fylvatica, or wood bent-grafs: panicle 
contracted; calyxes equal, thole of the barren flowers 
Ihorter than the corolla, thefe of the fertile ones twice as 
long. With us it grows in moiftifh woods, as Bifhop’s 
Vvood, and Hornfey wood near London. Perennial. 
17. Agroftis alba, or white bent-grafs: panicles loofe; 
calyxes equal; culm creeping. Grows in ditches, marfh- 
es, and moift meadows. Perennial. 
18. Agroftis pumila, or dwarf bent-grafs: panicle on 
one fide, culms ereCt in bunches. This is a native of 
Iceland, Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland; England 
In dry places; alfo Wales and Scotland. Perennial. 
19. Agroftis minima, or leaft bent-grafs: panicle fili¬ 
form. This is a fpring plant; it flowers early, and ri- 
{ >ens its feed in May. Mr. Hudfon fays, it flowers in Ju- 
y. It is a native of France and Germany: difeovered 
by Mr. Stillingfleet in Wales. Annual. 
30. Agroftis tenaciffima, or tough bent-grafs: panicle 
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contracted, filiform: flowers linear, halves parallel. It 
is a native of the Eaft-Indies. Perennial. 
21. Agroftis virginiea, or Virginian bent-grafs: pani¬ 
cle contracted, leaves rolled inwards, fubulate, rigid, 
ftanding out. It is an elegant little plant; the ftalk fome- 
what compreffed, and feldom riling above four or five 
inches from the root. 
22. Agroftismexicana, or Mexican bent-grafs: panicle 
oblong heaped, calyx and corolla acuminate and nearly 
equal. It is very difficult to determine this fpeeies. It 
flowereth the fecond year, and has the appearance of 
cinna. This is a native of South America. Introduced 
in 1780, by Mr. Gilbert Alexander. 
23. Agroftis purpurafeens, or purple bent-grafs: pa¬ 
nicle contracted elongate, branches p re fled dole upright, 
florets unequal acuminate. A native of Jamaica. 
24. Agroftis indica, or Indian bent-grafs: panicle con¬ 
tracted, racemes lateral, erect, alternate. This fpeeies 
is a native of India, and was introduced here in 1773, by 
John earl of Bute. 
25. Agroftis ciliata, or ciliate bent-grafs : glume of the 
calyx angular, and ciliate. A native of Japan. 
26. Agroftis panicea, or bearded bent-grafs : branches 
of tire panicle divulfed ; branches of the panicle appref- 
fed ; panicle fubfpiked, branches and branchlets fafei- 
cled ; valves of the calyx, and one of the corolla, awned ; 
that of the corolla fhort. Linnceus, who makes two fpe- 
cies of this, allows that his paniceus refembles his monfpeli . 
enfis very much, but that the whole plant is foft, and only 
a palm in height. The firft grows in marfhes and wet 
paftures ; the fecond in a dry foil; to which tlreir differ¬ 
ence is probably owing. 
27. Agroftis lenta, or forked bent-grafs : fpikes fub- 
tern, umbellate, flofcules awnlefs, oblong, acute, caly* 
cine valves fubequal, leaves and (heaths fmooth. Native 
of the Eaft-Indies. "Found there by John Gerrard Koe¬ 
nig, M. D. Introduced in 1778, by Sir Jofeph Banks. 
It flowers in July and Auguft. Annual. 
28. Agroftis complanata, or flat-ftalked bent-grafs: 
fpikes umbelled, fmooth ; outer calycine valves awned; 
flatted leaves, and ftieaths fmooth. It is a native of Ja¬ 
maica. Found by Mr. Gilbert Alexander. Introduced 
in 1779. It flowers in July and Auguft. Perennial. 
29. Agroftis pungens, or prickly bent-grafs: panicle 
contracted, leaves involute ftiff pungent; the upper ones 
obliquely oppofite; culm branching. A native of Ara¬ 
bia and Barbary. The Arabs ufe it in the haemorrhoids. 
In dry' places off the coaft of the county of Nice. Pe¬ 
rennial. 
30. Agroftis vinealis,or fhort-awned bent-grafs: culms 
afeending; calyx coloured, awn nearly ftraight, from be¬ 
low the middle of the back, about as long as the calyx. 
It is a native of Switzerland and the north of England. 
31. Agroftis ovata, or ovate-panicled bent-grafs : outer 
petal awned below the tip : panicle ovate, contracted, 
fpike-form. This is a native of New Zealand. 
32. Agroftis odorata, or fweet bent-grafs: fpikes with 
the florets pointing one way, heaped together, awnlefs. 
A native of Cochin China, near the coaft. This grafs is 
efteemed by the Cochin Chinefe for the excellence and 
permanency of its odour; they dry it to perfume their 
clothes with. 
33. Agroftis plicata, or plaited-leaved bent-grafs : 
leaves plaited ; fpike linear aw'nlefs. This is a native of 
the fuburbs of Canton. 
34. Agroftis cinna: panicle contracted awnlefs, flowers 
acuminate, with one, two, or three, ftamens, leaves flat, 
fcabrous. See Cinna. 
35. Agroftis diandra: panicle elongate contracted, flow¬ 
ers fubulate awnlefs two-ftamened, leaves convolute. 
Sent by Koenig from the Eaft-Indies, under the name of 
Cinna. 
Propagation and Culture. See' Grass. 
Agrostis, in botany. See Schoenus, Aira, 
Milium, Meuca, and Cenchrus. 
AGROSTOGRAPHIA, 
