. 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. Holcus odoratus L. Sp. PI. 1048. 1753. Hierochloa borealis R. & S. Syst. 2: 513. 1817. Hierochloa odorata Wahl. Fl. Ups. 32. 1820. Savastana odorata Scribn. Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 34. 1894. Glabrous, culms i°-2° tall, erect, simple, smooth. Sheaths smooth; ligule i"-2" long; lower blades elongated, 4'-8' long, l"s" wide, scabrous, the upper
. 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. Holcus odoratus L. Sp. PI. 1048. 1753. Hierochloa borealis R. & S. Syst. 2: 513. 1817. Hierochloa odorata Wahl. Fl. Ups. 32. 1820. Savastana odorata Scribn. Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 34. 1894. Glabrous, culms i°-2° tall, erect, simple, smooth. Sheaths smooth; ligule i"-2" long; lower blades elongated, 4'-8' long, l"s" wide, scabrous, the upper ones ¥-2' long; panicle 2'-^ long, its branches l'-2' long, usually spreading, naked below; spikelets yellowish-brown and purple, 2"-2" long; first and second scales about equal, glabrous; third and fourth villous and strongly ciliate, entire, awn-pointed, the fifth smaller than the others, villous at the apex. Labrador and Newfoundland to Alaska, south to New Jersey, Iowa and Colorado. Also in northern Europe and Asia. June-July. This and other sweet-scented grasses are strewn before the churches in northern Europe, whence the name Holy-grass. Also known as Vanilla-grass. 2. Savastana Nashii Bicknell. Savastana Nashii Bicknell, Bull. Torr. Club, 25 3*8. 1898. Plant smooth, glabrous and shining. Culms erect, slender, simple, 2°-3° tall. Sheaths overlapping, striate; ligule scarious, 2"-$" long; blades erect or ascending, elongated, a little roughened above, the culm leaves 5 or 6, 2'-8' long, 2"-3" wide, acuminate; panicle long-exserted, loose and open, 7'—17' long, its apex nodding, the capillary branches drooping, the larger 3'-7' long, in pairs, the divisions more or less flexuous; spikelets 2l"-A," long, on capillary pedicels; scales S, the outer 2 empty, abruptly long-acuminate, the first i-nerved, the second 3-nerved, the third and fourth scales about 2I" long, rough, ciliate on the margins with ascending hairs, 5-nerve
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