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TRIANDRIA. 
(KNAF'PIA. Cal. two-valved : Bloss. two unequal, very 
hairy, awnless valves. E.) 
(P0LYP0 7 G0N. Cal. two-valved, awned at the apex ; Bloss. 
included, outer-valve awned at the apex. E.) 
PHLE'UM. Cal. two-valved ; lopped, dagger-pointed, sessile : 
(Seed loose. E.) 
PHAL'ARIS. Cal. two-valved, keeled, equal, including the 
blossom. 
MIL'IUM, Cal. two-valved; valves tumid; rather unequal; 
larger than the blossom : {Seed coated with the indurated 
corolla. E.) 
ACROS /r TIS. Cal , two-valved; valves acute, compressed, 
awnless: Bloss. shorter than the calyx, slightly hairy 
at the base : Seed loose. E.) 
DAC'TYLIS. {Bloss. awn-pointed, spear-shaped, keeled, com¬ 
pressed ; inner-valve folded, two-ribbed : Seed detached, 
oblong : Cal. compressed, taper pointed, unequal. E.) 
(SPAR'TINA. Cal. of two spear-shaped, compressed, clasp¬ 
ing valves: Bloss. of two compressed, rather unequal, 
spear-shaped valves: Nect. none: Seed detached. 
Styles combinedo E.) 
STPPA. Cal. two-valved: Bloss. two-valved; outer-valve 
ending in an extremely long awn, pointed at its base. 
fScirpus palustris, fluitans. Schoenus compressus. Alopecurus 
monspeliensis, paniceus. ( Lagurus ovatus never having been 
found in the properly British isles, nor nearer than Guernsey, 
which in geographical position must be considered as belonging 
to France, we have expunged the plant from our species, but 
inadvertently retained the genus in a former volume, an error 
which will be corrected, whenever an opportunity shall offer. E.)] 
(2) Grasses. Flowers scattered ; two in each calyx. 
HOL'CUS. (One floret barren: Bloss. awned: Seed coated 
with the hardened blossom : Cal. keeled, two-valved. £.) 
(HIEROCHLO'E. Florets three; central one perfect, with 
two stamens; lateral ones barren, with three: Bloss. 
permanently membranous: Seed loose: Styles dis¬ 
tinct. E.) 
AI'RA. Florets all perfect, without the rudiment of a third : 
Cal. two-valved. 
£Holcus mollis.] 
