. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. GRAMINEAE. Vol. I.' 10. Elymus hirsutiglumis Scribn. Strict Wild Rye. Fig. 709. Elymus canadensis var. intermedius Vasey; Wats. & Coult. in A. Gray, Man. Ed. 6, 673. 1890. Elymus hirsutiglumis Scribn. U. S. Dep. Agr. Agrost. 11: 58. 1898. Culms erect from a perennial root, 2°-3° tall, smooth and glabrous. Sheaths longer than the inter- nodes, smooth, the up
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. GRAMINEAE. Vol. I.' 10. Elymus hirsutiglumis Scribn. Strict Wild Rye. Fig. 709. Elymus canadensis var. intermedius Vasey; Wats. & Coult. in A. Gray, Man. Ed. 6, 673. 1890. Elymus hirsutiglumis Scribn. U. S. Dep. Agr. Agrost. 11: 58. 1898. Culms erect from a perennial root, 2°-3° tall, smooth and glabrous. Sheaths longer than the inter- nodes, smooth, the uppermost often inflated and en- closing the base of the spike; ligule a short mem- branous ring; blades 7-12' long, 4"-9" wide, acuminate, very rough on both surfaces; spikes 2i'-6' long, stout, the rachis pubescent; spikelets crowded, in pairs, 2-5-flowered; empty scales linear, s"-6" long, thick, 3-5-nerved, the nerves hirsute, acuminate into a sca- brous awn as long as or shorter than the scales; flow- ering scales lanceolate, 5-nerved, appressed-hirsute, 4"-S" long, acuminate into a rough awn 6"-8" long. River banks, Maine to Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri and Nebraska. July-Aug. 11. Elymus australis Scribn. & Ball, ern Wild Rye. Fig. 710. South- Elymus australis Scribn. & Ball, Bull. U. S. Dep. Agr. Agrost. 24 : 46. /. 20. 1901. Culms 3°-4° tall, erect; sheaths glabrous or hir- sute; blades up to i° long, s"-8" wide, rough, sometimes hirsute on the upper surface; spike 4'-6' long, i'-ii' in diameter over all, exserted; empty scales thick, indurated and curved at the base, usu- ally hirsute, long-attenuate into a long awn, the flowering scales 4"-s" long, hirsute, bearing a his- pidulous awn i'-il' long. Moist woods and thickets, Connecticut to Missouri, south to Florida and Arkansas. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for
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