. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Oryzopsis asperifolia Michx. Fl Urachne asperifolia Trin. Unifl. Bor. Am. I : 51. 1: 174. 1824. Culms glabrous, io'-2o' tall, erect, simple, smooth or sca- brous. Sheaths 1-2' long, crowded at base; ligule very short, truncate; blades erect, scabrous, especially above, the basal ones elongated, often equalling or exceeding the culm, 2"-4" wide, attenu
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Oryzopsis asperifolia Michx. Fl Urachne asperifolia Trin. Unifl. Bor. Am. I : 51. 1: 174. 1824. Culms glabrous, io'-2o' tall, erect, simple, smooth or sca- brous. Sheaths 1-2' long, crowded at base; ligule very short, truncate; blades erect, scabrous, especially above, the basal ones elongated, often equalling or exceeding the culm, 2"-4" wide, attenuate into a long point, the 1 or 2 culm-blades much reduced, less than i' long; panicle 2'-3' long, contracted, the branches 1' in length or less, erect; spikelet, exclusive of awns, 3"-4" long; outer scales gla- brous, usually apiculate, the first somewhat shorter; third scale whitish, equalling the second or a little shorter, spar- ingly pubescent, the awn 3i"-s" long. In woods, Newfoundland to British Columbia, south to New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and in the Rocky Mountains to New Mexico. May-June. 4. Oryzopsis racemosa (J. E. Smith) Ricker. Black-fruited Mountain-rice. Fig. 417. Milium racemosum J. E. Smith, in Rees, Cyclop. 23: no. 15. 1813. Oryzopsis melanocarpa Muhl. Gram. 79. 1817. Urachne racemosa Trin. Unifl. 1: 174. 1824. Oryzopsis racemosa Ricker; Hitchc. Rhodora 8: 210. 1906. Glabrous, culms ii°-3° tall, erect, simple, roughish. Sheaths smooth or scabrous, the lower ones usually longer, the upper slightly shorter than the internodes; ligule ; blades 5'-i2' long, 2"-y" wide, narrowed toward the, base, acuminate at apex into a long slender point, scabrous especially above; panicle branched or nearly simple, 3'-l2' long, its branches 2'-4' long, spread- ing or ascending, the lower half naked; outer scales of the spikelet about equal, 3"-4" in length, acute; third scale shorter, acute, dark colored, sparingly p
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