. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. GENERA OF GRASSES OF THE UISTITED STATES. 219 Our species is Stenotaphrum secwndatum (Walt.) Kiintze {S. americanil771 Schrank) (fig. 132), found near the coast from North Carolina to Florida and Texas, and southward, growing especially in alluvial or mucky soil. It is culti- vated as a lawn grass in the coastal cities under the name of St. Ausus-. Fi<i. 131.—Leploloina coijnalum. Plant. X i ; iwo vlewn of Hpikc- let ana fertllo rtoret, X 10. tine grass. The lawns of this grass have a coarse texture but are other- w


. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. GENERA OF GRASSES OF THE UISTITED STATES. 219 Our species is Stenotaphrum secwndatum (Walt.) Kiintze {S. americanil771 Schrank) (fig. 132), found near the coast from North Carolina to Florida and Texas, and southward, growing especially in alluvial or mucky soil. It is culti- vated as a lawn grass in the coastal cities under the name of St. Ausus-. Fi<i. 131.—Leploloina coijnalum. Plant. X i ; iwo vlewn of Hpikc- let ana fertllo rtoret, X 10. tine grass. The lawns of this grass have a coarse texture but are other- wise satisfactory. The grass is prop- agated by setting out cuttings or pieces of the stolons bearing shoots. 113. Eeiochloa H. B. K. Spikelets dorsally compressed, more or less pubescent, solitary or sometimes in pairs, short-pediceled or subsessile, in two rows on one side of a narrow, usually hairy rachis, the pedicels often clothed with long, stiff hairs, the back of the fertile lemma turned from the rachis; lower rachilla joint thickened, forming a more or less ringlike, usually dark- colored callus below the second glume, the first glume reduced to a minute sheath about this and adnate to it; second glume and sterile lemma al)ont equal, acute or acuminate, the lemma usually inclosing a hya- line palca or sometimes a stami-. 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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