. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. GETSTEEA OF GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES. 105 Type species: EotthoelUa repens Forst. Lepturns R. Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 207. 1810. One species describecl, L. repens, based on RottboeUia reijcns Monernia Beanv., Ess. Agrost. 116, pi. 20, f. 10. 1812. Tlie species figured is M. monandra, wliich is Lepturus cyUndrica. Leptocercus Raf., Amer. Montlily Mag. 4: 190. 1819. In a review of Nuttall's Genera Rafinesque changes tlie name Lepturus R. Br. to Leptocercus because of a genus of insects by the name of Leptur
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. GETSTEEA OF GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES. 105 Type species: EotthoelUa repens Forst. Lepturns R. Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 207. 1810. One species describecl, L. repens, based on RottboeUia reijcns Monernia Beanv., Ess. Agrost. 116, pi. 20, f. 10. 1812. Tlie species figured is M. monandra, wliich is Lepturus cyUndrica. Leptocercus Raf., Amer. Montlily Mag. 4: 190. 1819. In a review of Nuttall's Genera Rafinesque changes tlie name Lepturus R. Br. to Leptocercus because of a genus of insects by the name of Leptura. Our one species, Lep- turus cyUndrica (Willd.) Trin. (fig. 53), is intro- duced in salt marshes from San Francisco to San Diego. At matur- ity the spike breaks up into the 1-seeded joints. The species has no eco- nomic value. For other species that have been referred to Lepturus, see Pholiurus. 43. PiioLiTjRUS Trin. (Lepturns of authors, not R. Br.) Spikclets 1 or 2 flow- ered, embedded in the articulate rachis and falling attafhed to the joints; ghimes two, placed in front of the spikelet and inclosing it, coriaceous, 5-nerved, acute, asymmetric, Fio. 53.—Lepturus cyUndrica. riant, X i ; Hplkfh-t with a Joint of th<f rachlH, X 5; splke- Ic't, front view, X 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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