. 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. g. Aristida oligantha Michx. Few-flowered Aristida. Fig. 431. Aristida oligantha Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 41. 1803. Glabrous, culms i°-2° tall, erect, slender, dichot- omously branched, smooth or roughish. Sheaths ex- ceeding the internodes, loose; ligule very short, minutely ciliate; blades i'-6' long, i"-i" wide, smooth, the larger- ones attenuate int
. 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. g. Aristida oligantha Michx. Few-flowered Aristida. Fig. 431. Aristida oligantha Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 41. 1803. Glabrous, culms i°-2° tall, erect, slender, dichot- omously branched, smooth or roughish. Sheaths ex- ceeding the internodes, loose; ligule very short, minutely ciliate; blades i'-6' long, i"-i" wide, smooth, the larger- ones attenuate into a long slender point; spikelets few, borne in a lax spike-like raceme or panicle; first scale S-nerved, occasionally 7-nerved at base, acuminate or short-awned, equalling or somewhat shorter than the second, which bears an awn 2"-^" long; third scale shorter than the first, awns divergent or spreading, the middle one ii'-2i' long, the lateral somewhat shorter. Dry soil, New Jersey to Nebraska, and Texas. Aug.— Sept. Ant-rice. 10. Aristida gracilis Ell. Slender Triple-awned Grass. Fig. 432. Aristida gracilis Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1: 142. 1817. Aristida gracilis var. depauperata A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 618. 1867. Glabrous' and smooth throughout, culms 6'-2° tall, erect, simple or branched. Sheaths shorter than the internodes; ligule very short; blades i'-4' long, 1" wide or less, flat, or involute when dry; panicle spike-like, 3-7' long, slender; spikelets about 3" long; outer scales equal, or the lower somewhat shorter, awn-pointed; third scale about equalling the second, generally mottled, middle awn horizontal, the terminal straight portion 3"-7" in length, the lateral awns i"-3" long, erect. Dry soil, New Hampshire to Missouri, south to Florida and Texas. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illu
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