. 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. Order 155.—GRAMINE^. 385 2 S. Virginicus (L.) Like No. t, but the root is ?y, the culms branched, often de- cumbent, and the spikelets very small (1") and many. Coast, S. Sept., Oct. S S. cuspidata, (Torr.) Glumes very acute, the lower pale cM«pj(Za<e,* pan. terminal, slender, few-flowered; epikelet nearly 2". 7i Maine, and
. 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. Order 155.—GRAMINE^. 385 2 S. Virginicus (L.) Like No. t, but the root is ?y, the culms branched, often de- cumbent, and the spikelets very small (1") and many. Coast, S. Sept., Oct. S S. cuspidata, (Torr.) Glumes very acute, the lower pale cM«pj(Za<e,* pan. terminal, slender, few-flowered; epikelet nearly 2". 7i Maine, and Canada. 4 S. cryptandrus (Torr.) Culm 2—3f; sheaths strongly bearded at the throat; terminal panicle pyramidal, exserted, the lateral concealed; pales equaling the upper glume (1"), twice longer than the lower. 2[ Sandy coasts and shores. Aug. 5 S. junceus (Mx.) Glaucous, erect, 1—2f; leaves erect, 2—6' by 1"; pan. open, stalked, narrow, loose; glumes ovate, obtuse, the upper ly, lower f", anth. and stig. white, if Common in dry barrens, Penn., W., and S. No lateral pan. 6 S. lieterolepis (Gr.) Lowest Ivs. as long as the culm, 1—2f; upper gl. 3", subu- late, longer, lower cuspidate, shorter than the pales; panicle very thin, stalked, open; grain globular, 1". Dry places. Conn, to Wis. Aug. 7 S. aspcr Kunth. (c) Lowest Ivs. very long (1—3f), involute-filiform ; culms 1—2f; panicle contracted, partly or wholly enclosed; glumes unequal, white, much shorter than the oblong obtuse pales (3"); grain oval. Sands. Sept. 8 S. Indicus Br. Erect, 3—3f; pan. long (If), very narrow, its short branches ap- pressed ; glumes unequal; grain oval. Dry grounds, S.: common. May—Sept. 9 S. conipressiis Kunth. Culm erect, 1—2f, leafj'. much compressed, branched at base; pan. thin, 6—10'; gl. acute, J"; pales 1", obtuse. Sandy bogs, N. J. Sept. 10 S. serotiuus (Torr.) Culm filiform, compressed, 10—18', few-lvd.; pan. capil- l
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