. The book of grasses : an illustrated guide to the common grasses, and the most common of the rushes and sedges . of the Large Spike-rush {Eleocharispalustris) are common. SAND-MAT. {Stenophyllus) In walking along railway tracks one may often find on theembankments a rich harvest of flowers that are less common else-where. Even on the road-bed beneath the cars or in the sandbetween the tracks many sturdy little plants find place to growand to mature seeds amid seemingly the most adverse Sand-mat {Stenophyllus capillaris) is one of the low-growingplants found in such locations,
. The book of grasses : an illustrated guide to the common grasses, and the most common of the rushes and sedges . of the Large Spike-rush {Eleocharispalustris) are common. SAND-MAT. {Stenophyllus) In walking along railway tracks one may often find on theembankments a rich harvest of flowers that are less common else-where. Even on the road-bed beneath the cars or in the sandbetween the tracks many sturdy little plants find place to growand to mature seeds amid seemingly the most adverse Sand-mat {Stenophyllus capillaris) is one of the low-growingplants found in such locations, and between railway ties the tuftsof dark green thread-like stems capped with blackish green spike-lets are frequently common. The plant also grows in moisterplaces but wherever it is found it is always low and slender, rarelya foot in height, and usually rising but a few inches from the soil. FIMBRISTYLIS. {Fimbristylis) The Slender Fimbristylis {Fimbristylis Frdnkii), and a closelyrelated species {Fimbristylis autumnalis), are small, grassy plants 272 I LARCIK ^VIKK-RV^H (Kleocharis paluslris). Natural size.
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