. 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. Poa pectinacea Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. I : 69. 1803. Eragrostis pectinacea Steud. Syn. PI. Gram. 272. 1855. Eragrostis pectinacea var. spectabilis A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 632. 1867. Culms i°-2i° tall, erect or ascending, rigid, simple, smooth and glabrous. Sheaths overlapping, smooth, glabrous or villous, the upper one often enclosing the base of the panicle; ligule a
. 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. Poa pectinacea Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. I : 69. 1803. Eragrostis pectinacea Steud. Syn. PI. Gram. 272. 1855. Eragrostis pectinacea var. spectabilis A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 632. 1867. Culms i°-2i° tall, erect or ascending, rigid, simple, smooth and glabrous. Sheaths overlapping, smooth, glabrous or villous, the upper one often enclosing the base of the panicle; ligule a ring of hairs; blades s'-i2' long, 2"-4" wide, smooth be- neath, scabrous above and sparingly villous at the base; panicle 6-24' in length, purple or purplish, the branches 3'-io' long, strongly bearded in the axils, widely spreading or the lower often reflexed; spike- lets 5-15-flowered, ii"-4" long, on pedicels of at least their own length; scales acute, the empty ones about equal, the flowering ones about I" long, their lateral nerves very prominent. In dry soil, Maine to South Dakota, south to Florida and Texas. Pink-grass. False Red-top. 9. Eragrostis refracta (Muhl.) Scribn. Meadow Love-grass. Fig. 580. Poa refracta Muhl. Gram. 146. 1817. Eragrostis campestris Trin. Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Petersb. 1: 70. 1836. E. refracta Scribn. Mem. Torr. Club 5 : 49. 1894. Culms i°-3° tall, erect, slender, simple, smooth and glabrous. Sheaths overlapping, smooth and glabrous; ligule a ring of short hairs; blades 5'-12' long, i"-2" wide, smooth beneath, rough above, and villous toward the base; panicle 8'-2o' long; branches slender, 4'-io' long, at length widely spreading, the axils often bearded; spikelets 6-25- flowered, a£"-6" long, on pedicels shorter than themselves; empty scales acute, the first somewhat shorter than the second; flowering scales very acute, f"-i" long, the lateral nerves prominent. In sandy soil
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