. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. GENERA OF GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES, 201. presence of coiimarin. The Indians use the grass to make fragrant baskets. Torresia alpina (Swartz) Hitchc, with small, condensed panicles and awned staminate florets, is arctic and extends to the alpine peaks of New York and New England; T. TiiacropkyUa (Thurb.) Plitchc, with broad blades, is Californian. 100. Anthoxanthum L. Spikelets with 1 terminal perfect floret and 2 sterile lemmas, the rachilla disarticulating above the glumes, the sterile lemmas falling attached to t
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. GENERA OF GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES, 201. presence of coiimarin. The Indians use the grass to make fragrant baskets. Torresia alpina (Swartz) Hitchc, with small, condensed panicles and awned staminate florets, is arctic and extends to the alpine peaks of New York and New England; T. TiiacropkyUa (Thurb.) Plitchc, with broad blades, is Californian. 100. Anthoxanthum L. Spikelets with 1 terminal perfect floret and 2 sterile lemmas, the rachilla disarticulating above the glumes, the sterile lemmas falling attached to the fertile floret; glumes unequal, acute or mucronate; sterile lemmas shorter than the glumes, empty, awned from the back; fertile lemma shorter than the sterile ones, awnless; palea 1- nerved, rounded on the back, inclosed in the lemma. Sweet-smelling annual or perennial grasses, with flat blades and spikelike panicles. Species about four, Europe and Asia; two intro- duced into the United States. Type species: Anthoxanthum odoratum L. Anthoxanthum L., Sp. PI. 28, 1753; Gen. PL, ed, 5, 17. 1754. Linnaeus describes three species, A. odoratum, A. indicum, and A. paniculatuni. The first is chosen as the type. The second species is now referred to Perotis and the third to 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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