. 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. OiiDEu 155.—GRAMINE^. 395. Spkl 2, hairy, at the base of the ovate pales (5). ij Ditches and swamps, Can. to Car., and Ky. Jnly, August. ' p. picta. Striixd G. Lvs. endlessly variegated with white and green. Cultivated. 2 P. Caiiariensis L. Canary G. Bird-seed. Culm terete, erect, l—2f; lvs. lance-linear ; pan. spicate, ovoid, 1—2'; gl.
. 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. OiiDEu 155.—GRAMINE^. 395. Spkl 2, hairy, at the base of the ovate pales (5). ij Ditches and swamps, Can. to Car., and Ky. Jnly, August. ' p. picta. Striixd G. Lvs. endlessly variegated with white and green. Cultivated. 2 P. Caiiariensis L. Canary G. Bird-seed. Culm terete, erect, l—2f; lvs. lance-linear ; pan. spicate, ovoid, 1—2'; gl. winged on the keel (c); rudiments smooth, (i) Introduced into fields and gardens from Isle Fortunatus. 26. ANTHOXANTHUM, L. St\-eet Vernal G. Spikelets {d) 3-flowered, the central fl. 5 , the two lateral neuter, each of 1 bearded pale. 01. 2, unequal. Pales 2, short, awnless. Sta. 2. A. cdoratum L. Slender, erect, 10—18'; lvs. short; pan- icle spicate, 1 j—3'; neutral pales ciliate («), one with a bent awn from near the base, the other with a straight awn from the back above. Fls. in May and June ill-scented, but when cut as hay it is very fragrant. § (a;, the 8 fl.) HIEROCHLOA, Gmel. Sexeca G. 3-flwd. Gl. 2, scarious. Lateral fls. 5 triandrous, central fl. 5 , with 3 (or 3) sta- mens. Inflor. paniculate. Sweet-scented. 1 H. borcalis R. & S. (/) Very smooth; simple, erect, 15—30'; root lvs. as long as the culm, cauline lvs. lanceolate, short; pan. open, few-flwd., 2—3'; spkl. (j/) broad, subcordate, colored, awnless. U Wet meadows, Va., and Xorth. May. EI. alpina R. & S. Smooth; culm erect, 6—8', stout; lvs. lance-lincar; pan. ovoid, 1—2'; spkl. purple, longer than their branch- lets; lower fl. with an awn on the back as long as the pales, li High Mts., N. Eng., X. Y. June. 28. HOLCUS, L. Soft G. Spkl. 2-flwd., pan- iculate. Gl. herbaceous, boat-shaped, mucronate. Fls. pedicellate, the lower 5 , awnless ; the upper 5 or neutral, awued on the back. J
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