. 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. 254 GRAMINEAE. Vol. 4. Poa laxa Haenke. Wavy Meadow-grass. Mountain Spear-grass. Fig. 607. P. laxa Haenke, in Jirasek, Beob. Riesengeb. 118. 1791. Smooth and glabrous, culms 1° tall or less, erect, simple. Sheaths often overlapping; ligule about 1" long; blades i'-3' long, J"-i" wide, acuminate; pan- icle 1'-3'in length, the branches usually
. 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. 254 GRAMINEAE. Vol. 4. Poa laxa Haenke. Wavy Meadow-grass. Mountain Spear-grass. Fig. 607. P. laxa Haenke, in Jirasek, Beob. Riesengeb. 118. 1791. Smooth and glabrous, culms 1° tall or less, erect, simple. Sheaths often overlapping; ligule about 1" long; blades i'-3' long, J"-i" wide, acuminate; pan- icle 1'-3'in length, the branches usually erect, some- times ascending, 1' long or less; spikelets 3-5-flow- ered, 2"-2i" long; lower scales usually 3-nerved, acute, glabrous, rough on the keel at its apex; flow- ering scales li"-ll" long, obtuse, 3-nerved, or some- times with an additional pair of obscure nerves, the midnerve pilose on the lower half, rough above, the lateral ones pilose for one-third their length. Greenland to Alaska, south to the high mountains of New England and New York. Also in Europe and Asia. 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 Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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