. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 198 BULLETIN 772, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. ing into a point or awn, as long as the lemma or reduced in some of the spikelets or wanting, the second glume firm, thick and woody, almost surrounding the remainder of the spikelet, rounded on the back, white or yellowish, obscurely nerved, the margins inflexed, thin, ciliate, the upper part greenish, acuminate, spreading, with one or two teeth at the sides; lemma firm-membranaceous, 3-nerved, dor- sally compressed, broad below, narrowed into a 3-lobed green summit,
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 198 BULLETIN 772, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. ing into a point or awn, as long as the lemma or reduced in some of the spikelets or wanting, the second glume firm, thick and woody, almost surrounding the remainder of the spikelet, rounded on the back, white or yellowish, obscurely nerved, the margins inflexed, thin, ciliate, the upper part greenish, acuminate, spreading, with one or two teeth at the sides; lemma firm-membranaceous, 3-nerved, dor- sally compressed, broad below, narrowed into a 3-lobed green summit, the middle lobe much the larger; palea 2-nerved, broad, obtuse, about as long as the body of the lemma, enveloping the —Munroa squarrosa. Plant, X I; group of spikelets (reduced spike), spikelet, and floret, X 5. A low stoloniferous perennial, with short curly blades, the staminate flowers in two or three short spikes on slender, erect culms, the pistillate in sessile clusters partly hidden among the leaves. Species one, on the Great Plains from Montana to Mexico. Type species: Sesleria dactyloides Niitt. Bulbilis Raf., Araer. Month. Mag. 4: 190. 1819. Rafinesque gives a review of Nuttall's Genera of North American Plants. Tlie part relating to Bulbilis is, " Sesleria dactyloides must form a peculiar genus by Mr. N's own account, it may be called ; Calanthera Kunth, in Hook, Kew Joum. 8: 18. 1856. A single species in- cluded, " G. dactyloides Kth.—^Nutt. Sesleria . . Buffalo ;. 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 United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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