. The Indiana weed book. Weeds. Fig. 22. (After Vasey.) and a great nuisance in hay cut from sandy soil. Remedies: burn- ing over annually the area in- fested ; hoeing or other close culti- vation. 7. Ebagrostis major Host. Stinkittg- grass. Pungent Meadow-grass. (A. I. 2.) Erect or spreading at base, 6 inches to 2 feet tall, smooth; leaves 2-7 inches long; sheaths shorter than the joints. Flowers in a compound panicle 2-5 inches in length, its branches spread- ing; spikelets densely 8-35 flowered, very flat, whitish when old. Seeds pale red, very small, nearly round. (Fig. 22.) A showy ill-sm
. The Indiana weed book. Weeds. Fig. 22. (After Vasey.) and a great nuisance in hay cut from sandy soil. Remedies: burn- ing over annually the area in- fested ; hoeing or other close culti- vation. 7. Ebagrostis major Host. Stinkittg- grass. Pungent Meadow-grass. (A. I. 2.) Erect or spreading at base, 6 inches to 2 feet tall, smooth; leaves 2-7 inches long; sheaths shorter than the joints. Flowers in a compound panicle 2-5 inches in length, its branches spread- ing; spikelets densely 8-35 flowered, very flat, whitish when old. Seeds pale red, very small, nearly round. (Fig. 22.) A showy ill-smelling grass, oc- curring in sandy soil, meadows and waste places. July-Sept. The flat lead-colored heads make it easily known. Remedies: prevent seed- ing by late and thorough cultivation. The low meadow-grass (E. era- grostis L.) is a closely allied species with shorter stems and spikes and narrower spikelets. Also introduced and spreading rapidly. Remedies the same. 8. Bkomus secalinus L. Cheat. Chess (A. I. 2.) Erect, unbranched, 1-3 feet tall; sheaths shorter than the joints; leaves 2-9 inches long. Flowering panicle 2-8 inches in length, glabrous, its branches drooping; spikelets oblong-ovate, swol- len, 6-10 flowered, the nerves of. the scales often awned or bristle tipped. Seeds resembling those of oats but darker and smaller, | inch long, the ad- hering glumes with a row of bristles down each side of the groove. (Fig. 23.) A winter annual, common in grain fields and often along fence- rows. The seeds when buried retain vitality for years. Fig. 23. o, spikelet. (After Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Blatchley, W. S. (Willis Stanley), 1859-1940. Indianapolis, The Nature publishing company
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