. The American botanist and florist: including lessons in the structure, life, and growth of plants; together with a simple analytical flora, descriptive of the native and cultivated plants growing in the Atlantic division of the American union. Botany; Botany. 402 Order 155.—GRAMINE^. 8 P. alpina L. Culms erect, 6—12'; Ivs. broad-linear, 1—2' by 2—3"; panicle equal, ovoid-oblong, loose, with rather large (3") ovate spikelets; flowers about 5(4—9), ovate. U Isle Ro3-al, L. Superior (Porte)-), C. W., and North. 9 P. compressa L. Blue G. Plant bluish green ; culm compressed, decumbent
. The American botanist and florist: including lessons in the structure, life, and growth of plants; together with a simple analytical flora, descriptive of the native and cultivated plants growing in the Atlantic division of the American union. Botany; Botany. 402 Order 155.—GRAMINE^. 8 P. alpina L. Culms erect, 6—12'; Ivs. broad-linear, 1—2' by 2—3"; panicle equal, ovoid-oblong, loose, with rather large (3") ovate spikelets; flowers about 5(4—9), ovate. U Isle Ro3-al, L. Superior (Porte)-), C. W., and North. 9 P. compressa L. Blue G. Plant bluish green ; culm compressed, decumbent at base, rigid, 12-18'; pan. contracted, ?>' by 1', or less ; spikelets glomerate, ovate oblong; fls. 3—7, 1" long, n Pastures, etc.: common. May, June. 10 P. sylvestris Gr. Culm compressed, erect, 1—2f; Ivs. linear, soft; pan. oblong pyramidal, thin; branches flexuous, the middle longest; spkl. oval, 1^" ; fls. about 3, lance-oblong, 1", obtuse, if Woods, meadows, N. Y. to Va., and NV. 11 P. oaesia Sm. (P. nemoralis Torr. P. al-odes Gr. P. Guadini K.) Culm com- pressed, 18—30', sheathed to near the top; pan. large (0—12'long), loose, roughish; spkl. lance-ovate, 2—2i-"; fls. 2 or 3, lance-linear, acute, as long as the very acute glumes (H—li"); pales obscurely veined, n Woods, N. H. to Penn., and Wis. 12 P. serotiiia Ehrh. Foul Meadoiv. False Red-top. Culms erect, weak, 3—3f; Ivs. narrow, flat, long; ligules elongated, torn ; pan. large, open, capillary; spkl. 2-^ or 3-flwd., U—2" long, often tawny ; gls. and fls. acute, narrow, n Wet, N. July. 13 P. trivialis L. Rough Meadow G. Culms roughish backward, 20—30'; Ivs. rough-edged, the lower elongated ; ligules long, pointed ; pan. dense, lance-shaped, 3—5', spkl. snbsessile, 2-3-flwd., fls. oblong, acute, strongly 5-veined. li N. Jn., Jl. 14 P. pratensis L. Spear G. June G. Smooth; culm 1—2f, terete; ligules short, truncate; pan. open, egg-shaped, 3—10'; spkl. ov
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