. Grasses of North America [microform] : the grasses classified, described and each genus illustrated, with chapters on their geographical distribution and a bibliography. Grasses; Forage plants; Graminées; Plantes fourragères. BAMBl' eno short-pointed, l7-norvctl, margins ciliutc ; palea equal to its glume, 2-toothe(l. ll-nerved, two of wliioli uro ciliutf. Arkansas, \Vorthi»yton for U. S. De|)t. A<,'ricul. Banks of the larger rivers in the Soutliern States. 'I'ho young growth is some- times used for forage ; the mature stems for lish-rods, scatTolds for drying cotton, pieces for pij)
. Grasses of North America [microform] : the grasses classified, described and each genus illustrated, with chapters on their geographical distribution and a bibliography. Grasses; Forage plants; Graminées; Plantes fourragères. BAMBl' eno short-pointed, l7-norvctl, margins ciliutc ; palea equal to its glume, 2-toothe(l. ll-nerved, two of wliioli uro ciliutf. Arkansas, \Vorthi»yton for U. S. De|)t. A<,'ricul. Banks of the larger rivers in the Soutliern States. 'I'ho young growth is some- times used for forage ; the mature stems for lish-rods, scatTolds for drying cotton, pieces for pij)e-stenisand pipes, and the bottoms of chairs, mats, and for other purjjoses. Var. tecta (Walt.). SwiTcii-cANE. Small Cane. Kekd. Arundinan'a frcta Muhl. Desc. Uber. liU (1817). Aruudo tecta Walt. Fl. Car. 81 (1788), teste Muhl. Culms suffruticose, slender, branching, 60-300 cm. high. Sheaths bearded at the throat, often purple; blades linear- lanceolate, acuminate, nearly smooth. Spikelets solitary or Fio. '[26.—Arundinaria macrotperma. t , fl 1- 1 -1, spikolet; a, floret. (Scribiier.) raccmeu on leafless radical ^ ' culms, lance-elliptical, 2-3 cm. long, ."i-D-flowered; first eni))ty glume oval, abruptly pointed, 7-nerved, 5 mm. long ; second oval, abruptly pointed, 15-nerved, 9 mm. long ; lloral glume ovate, mucronate, 17-nerved, 13 mm. long; palea emarginate, equalling its glume, about 13-nerved, liis})id on 'i nerves. Virginia, Chirkeri}ig for U. S. Dept. Agricul. 79S. General W. Monro, in his Monograjyli, says: "This one species bears no less than nine different generic 'uid nineteen specific names. It varies much in ; Swamps, Maryland, Illinois, and 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 Beal, W. J. (William James), 1833-1924. New York : H. Holt
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