Host (III)
gra. 2. t.73 200. ELEUSI NE. R. Br. ELEUSINE.
Gramineæ. Sp. 2-4. 1218 coracána P. S. thick-spiked 1219 indica P. S.
Indian ااا لللا 4 jl.s Ap India 1714. S co 2 jl.s Ap India 1714. S co Schrb.gra.2. t.35 Rheede. 12. t. 69 201. DACTYLOCTENIUM. P. de B. DACTYLOCTENIUM.
Gramineæ. Sp. 1-2. 1220 ægyptíacum P. de B. creeping OW 1½ jl.s Ap Egypt 1770. S co 202. LEPTOCHLOA. P. de B. LEPTOCHLOA.
Gramineæ.
Sp. 4-5. 1221 virgáta P. de B. slender-spiked w 3 jl.au Ap 1222 tenérrima R. & S. very-slender 1223 domingénsis Lk. close-spiked 1224 filifórmis P. de B.
Chinese عا لللا 1 jn Ap 3 jn Ap 2 jlau Ap W. Indies 1727. S co China 1820. S co W. Indies 1820. S co China 1820. S co Sloane.1. t.70. f.2 Jacq. ic. t. 22 Jacq. ecl. gra. t.4 Poa chinénsis 203. CY NODON P. S.
CYNODON. 1225 Dáctylon P. S. creeping W 1 jl Ap 1226 lineáris W.en. linear-leaved w 204. DINE/BRA. P. de B. DINEBRA.
Gramineæ. Sp. 2-5. 1227 arábica Jacq. reflexed w 1228 Líma P. de B. imbricated علا Gramineæ. Sp. 2-10. jl.au Ap E. Indies 1796. S co jn.jl ApE. Indies 1804. S co jl.au Ap Spain 1776. S co England ....
Sco Eng. bot. 850 1804.
Jac.frag.t.121.f.1 Cav. ic. 1. t. 91 205. ECHINA'RIA. Desv. ECHINARIA.
Gramineæ. Sp. 1. 1229 capitáta Desv. headed عاد my.au Ap S. Europe 1771. S co Host. gra. 3. t. 8 206. TRITICUM. W.
WHEAT.
Graminea. Sp. 16-28. 1230 æstívum W. summer ag 4 jn.jl Ap Baschkiros ... 1231 hybérnum W.
Lammas 4 jn.jl Ap ...... ...
Sr.m Host. gra. 3. t.26 Sr.m Host. gra. 3. t.20 1198 1199 1204 1201 1212 1195 1207 History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 12)7 1210 P. abyssinica is grown as a bread-corn in Abyssinia, and furnishes the teff bread; that made from wheat being used only by the superior ranks. The dough is allowed to turn sour, and by generating carbonic acid gas, answers instead of yeast; it is then baked into circular cakes, which are white, spongy, of a hot disagreeable sourish taste, but light of digestion. The same bread, well toasted, and infused in water for some days, fur. nishes the bouza or common beer of the country, like the quas (sour, Rus.) of Russia. 197. Eragrostis. An elegant appellation derived from ερoς and aγρoσiς, Love-grass. The pretty dancing spikelets are the delight of children, and remembered by men long after many of their other innocent pleasures have ceased to retain their charm. The plants resemble the Briza or quaking-grass. 198. Megastachya. From μεγaς, large, and saxus, a spike, on account of the large panicles of the genus. 199. Sclerochloa. Hard-grass (σκληρoς, rigid, and χλoη, grass). A genus of hard worthless grasses. 200. Eleusine. Eleusis was one of the appellations of Ceres, the goddess of grasses. E. coracana, according to Thunberg, is cultivated in Japan for its edible seeds. ORDER II.
TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. 1192 Pan. attenuated, Branches very short, Spikel. 3-fl. acute smooth, Leaves short, of the stem distich. sprdg. 1193 Pan. simple contracted linear lanceolate, Spikelets 4-5-fl. Lower glume shortest, Paleæ eroded at end 1194 Lvs. flat striat. rough, Lig. short, Branches of pan. quite sim. Spik. obl. with distant flor. Pal. acute smooth 1195 Pan. branching contr. Spikelets about 5-flow. Spikel. obtuse slenderish obsoletely 5-nerved, Root creeping 1196 Pan. one-sided diffuse, Spikel. obl. ovate 5-7-fl. Florets villous at base, Stem oblique compr. Root creeping 1197 Pan. attenuate erect, Spikelets ovate 3-flowered, Paleæ retuse villous at base, Stipule very short 1198 Ligules nearly none, Leaves plaited at base broader and longer than sheath, Panicle elong. Paleæ nerved 1199 Panicle contracted one-sided, Stem round 1200 Panicle equal diffuse, Spikelets ovate 4-5-fl. Florets villous at base, Stem and bundles of leaves bulbous 1201 Pan. equal at length divar. Branches in seed bent down, Spikel. linear about 5-fl. Florets smooth obtuse 1202 Same as Poa distans 1203 Pan. equal diffuse, Spikel. lin. 9-15-fl. Florets smooth, Ligule trunc. ciliated, Stem much branched ascend. 1204 Pan. spiked, Spikel. 5-fl. ovate, Flor. smooth acute, Inner paleæ cil. at back, Stem procumb. and lvs. hairy 1205 Pan, equal diffuse, Spikelets ovate 5-fl. Florets smooth 7-nerved obtuse, Stem furr. ang. Root somew. creep. 1206 Spikes fingered numerous, Spikelets imbricated 7-flow. Outer glume obtuse 3-nerved rather silky at base 1207 Pan. equal, in fl. contr. in seed diffuse, Low. bran. at base and rami. hairy, Sp. lin. 7-9-fl. Flor. sharpish smth. 1208 Panicle oblong capillary whorled, Florets 6-flowered very minute nodding 1209 Panicle erect, Flower-stalks stiff, Leaves smooth about the mouth of the sheaths 1210 Panicle equal spreading, Lower branches at base and ramifications hairy, Spikelets 15-25-flowered 1211 Panicle spreading, spreading, Spikelets 18-flowered linear 1212 Pan. distichous one-sided contr. hard, Spikelets linear acute 5-11-fl. Florets smooth obsoletely 5-nerved 1213 Pan. elong. Branc. sprdg. distant abbrev. Spik. lin. 7-11-fl. close press. Flor. smooth acute 3-nerv. Lvs. glauc. 1214 Panicle closely spiked, Spikelets ovate oblong 6-10-flowered, Florets smooth acute, Inner paleæ fringed 1215 Panicle divaricating, Flower-stalks thickened, Spikelets 4-flowered, Leaves filiform 1216 Panicle lanceolate contracted one-sided rough, Rachis round, Florets obtuse nerved 1217 Panicle one-sided broad contracted stiff, Spikelets lanceolate obtuse 3-5-flowered 1218 Spikes about 7 digitate at length incurv. Rachis membranac. Stem compr. erect, Leaves close together 1219 Spikes digitate erect 5-9 on a linear rachis, Stem compressed declining branching at bottom 1220 Spikes fingered 4-5 obtuse much spreading mucronate, Stem ascending, Leaves opposite 1221 Panicle with simple branches, Flowers sessile 6-flowered, the last sterile, lower bearded 1222 Spike alternate very slender, Spikel. distich. beardless, Leaves rather hairy, Sheaths compressed smooth 1223 Pan. branched fringed, Branches simple, Spikelets 5-fl. subsess. Florets all bearded (Rhabdochloa. P.) 1224 Panicle much branched contracted, Branches simple filiform, Spikelets alternate 2-4-flowered beardless 1225 Stolones creeping, Glume much spreading rough, Leaves fringed at edge 1226 All over hoary, Spikes digitate 4, Glume erect, Leaves naked rough at edge 1227 Spikes altern. 1-sided panicled, Glumes equal, Spik. 2-fl. Flor. stalked beardl. herm. Stems prost. Lvs. flat 1228 Spike one-sided simple, Spikelets many-flowered 1229 The only species 1230 Spike paral. compr. bearded, Glumes gibbous bearded trunc. at base contr. with a nerve runn. thinner upw. 1231 Spike par. compr. nearly beardl. Glumes gibb. trunc. mucron. at base contr. with a nerve runn. thinner upw. 1216 1217 1218 1221 1220 and Miscellaneous Particulars. 1225 1229 1227 201. Dactyloctenium. The spikes are digitate, or disposed like one's fingers (δaκτuλoς, a finger). 202. Leptochloa. From λεπτoς, slender, and χλoη, grass, on account of its heads. 203. Cynodon. Kuωv, κuvoς, a dog, and oδες, a tooth; wherefore we know not. Cynodon linearis, the Agrostis linearis of König., is the famous durva grass of the Hindoos, for which, see Lambert in the Linn. trans. vii. No. 22. 204. Dinebra. Its Arabic name. 205. Echinaria; ἐχivoς, a hedge-hog: the prickly round heads may be fancied to resemble little hedgehogs. 206. Triticum. According to Varro, was so named from its grain being originally worn down (tritum) in making it eatable. This is by far the most important genus of the Gramineæ, as including the wheats, the flour of which is universally allowed to make the best bread in the world. For what is man upon rice or potatoes? F3 1232 compósitum W. 1233 túrgidum W. 1234 polónicum W. 1235 Spélta W. 1236 monocóccum W. 1237 squarrósum Roth. 1238 júnceum W. 1239 répens W. 1240 canínum E. B. 1241 rígidum W. en. 1242 cristátum Schr. 1243 Zéa Host. 1244 villósum P. de B. 1245 elongátum Host.
Egyptian turgid Polish Spelt TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. one-grained Porcupine rushy Couch-grass bearded rigid crested maize-like villous long-spiked DARNEL.
Rye-grass 207. LO'LIUM. W. 1246 perénne W. 1247 ténue W. slender 1248 temuléntum W. bearded 1249 arvénse E. B. beardless 1232 3 jn.jl Ap Egypt ag 3 jn.jl Ap ag 4 jn.jl Ap 3 jn.jl Ap ag 3 jn.jl Ap 1 jn.jl Ap 1 jn.jl Ap 2 jl.au Ap jl.au Ap 1 jn.jl Ap 1 jl.au Ap ag 4 jn.jl Ap 3 jn jl Ap 5 jn.jl Ap Gramineæ.
Sp. 4-10. ag 3 my.jn Ap 3 jl.au Ap 4 jl.au Ap ag 4 jl Ap 1235 الا A لا A لا Aw عللا A عاد لاد A عاد A للاد Op للاد CLASS III. 1799. S r.m Mor. h. 3. t. 1. f.7 Sr.m Host. gra. 3. t.28 1692. Sr.m Host. gra. 3. t.31 Sr.m Host. gra. 3. t.30 1648. Sr.m Host. gra. 3. t.32 Egypt 1800. S co England sea. sh. S co Britain rub. Sm.s Britain ch. wo. S s.1 Germany 1805. S co Britain hed. S co Austria 1815. S r.m S. Europe 1790. S co Germany 1805. S co Britain me. pa. S co S. Europe 1590. S co Britain cor. fi. S co England cor. fi. S co 1236
