. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 54 BULLETIN 772, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Type species : DissantheUum supinum Trin. Dissanthelium Trin., Liuusea 10: 305. 1836. One species described. Stenochloa Nutt., Journ. Acad. Phila. II. 1: 189. 1848. One species described, S. califormca. Our Californian species, DissantheUum califomicvmi (Nutt.) Benth. (fig. 21), is an annual with flat blades and a narrow somewhat open panicle. It is a rather rare species found in southern California and the islands off the coast and has no economic value. The second spe
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 54 BULLETIN 772, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Type species : DissantheUum supinum Trin. Dissanthelium Trin., Liuusea 10: 305. 1836. One species described. Stenochloa Nutt., Journ. Acad. Phila. II. 1: 189. 1848. One species described, S. califormca. Our Californian species, DissantheUum califomicvmi (Nutt.) Benth. (fig. 21), is an annual with flat blades and a narrow somewhat open panicle. It is a rather rare species found in southern California and the islands off the coast and has no economic value. The second species of the genus is Dissanthelium, supinum Trin., alow tufted perennial, with nar- row, folded or convolute blades and short, densely- flowered panicles. This is found on alpine summits in Mexico, Bolivia, and Peru. It has been called DeschaTTiysia matthewsii Ball and Dissanthelium sclerochloides Fourn. 15. Redfieldia Vasey. Spikelets compressed, few-flowered, mostly 3 or 4 flowered, the rachilla disarticulating above the glumes and between the florets; glumes somewhat unequal, 1-nerved, acumi- nate; lemma chartaceous, 3-nerved, the nerves paral- lel, densely villous at base; palea as long as the lemma; grain free. A rather tall perennial, with rhizomes and a large panicle with diffuse capil- lary branches. Species one; sand hills of the Great Fig. 21.—DissantheUum californicum. floret, X 5. Plant, X J Type species: OrapJiephorum flexuosum Thurb. Redfieldia Vasey, Bull. Torrey Club 14: 133. 1887. R. fiexuosa (Thurb.) Vasey. One species described,. 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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