. Grasses of North America [microform] : the grasses classified, described and each genus illustrated, with chapters on their geographical distribution and a bibliography. Grasses; Forage plants; Graminées; Plantes fourragères. 270 5;}. (lie). LycuRUC II. I{. K. Nov. (Ion. ct. Sp. 1:141 (ISI.')). (1coj>,);/„H >iut(. ,I(juni. Acad. IMiil. (II.) 1:1S!) (1847). Spiki'lets l-ll(»\v't'ri'(i, inirrow, siii^Mi' or in pairs, sessile or on very short hnuu.'lu'S of the spikeliko panicle, raehiilavery short, sultartie- ulate aliove the empty ran()us. the outer with 'i-',\ nerves, exti-nd-
. Grasses of North America [microform] : the grasses classified, described and each genus illustrated, with chapters on their geographical distribution and a bibliography. Grasses; Forage plants; Graminées; Plantes fourragères. 270 5;}. (lie). LycuRUC II. I{. K. Nov. (Ion. ct. Sp. 1:141 (ISI.')). (1coj>,);/„H >iut(. ,I(juni. Acad. IMiil. (II.) 1:1S!) (1847). Spiki'lets l-ll(»\v't'ri'(i, inirrow, siii^Mi' or in pairs, sessile or on very short hnuu.'lu'S of the spikeliko panicle, raehiilavery short, sultartie- ulate aliove the empty ran()us. the outer with 'i-',\ nerves, exti-nd- JUiT ii>to bristles, second shorter, narrower. !-awned: lloral 'dnmo uwiied, lon^'er and wider than the others, ;{-nerved: palea sh'nder, :3-nerved, or "J-kei'li'd. briefly •.'-toothed. There are sonic sterile 8pikelets. Stamens ;{. Styles short, distinct, drain inclosed l)y the firm lloral <rlume and ])alea, but uot adherent. These f^rasses are tul'teil. or erect with solid cnlms, leaf-bhaU's soon eonduplicale. Spikes eylindrieal. narrow, exserted or partially included by the .sheaths. There are two 8[)ecies found in Mexico so nearly alike that it is ditlundt to distinjifnish one Trom the other. Following,' a su<;<jestion of lientham, I make one u more variety of the other. As lieutluim stiites: ''The loui? dense cylindrical spike with sterile spikelets intermixed with the perfect ones brin^ the <(enu8 in connection with the subtribe Sesleriea' of Festucete; but there is never more than a sinj^de flower in a ; 1. L. phleoides II. H. K. Nov. (Jen. et. Sp. 1:14',' (). Culms compressed, scabrous, branch- in*]^ sparingly, iJO-AO cm. hi«rh. Sheaths compressed, about half as loni;' as the in- ternodes; li<iule 3-4 mm. lon<,'; blades mostly scabrous above, smooth on the lower side, the lower ones 4-7 cm. long, 3 mm. wide, termimiting rather abrupt- ly in a short bristle; the lon<fest on the culm are 12 cm. long. Spi
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