. 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. Genus 33. GRASS FAMILY. 179 2. Aristida Curtissii (A. Gray) Nash. Cur- tiss's Triple-awned Grass. Fig. 424. A. dichotoma var. Curtissii A. Gray, Man. Ed. 6, 640. 1890. Aristida Curtissii Nash, in Britt. Man. 94. 1901. Culms tufted, 8-20' tall, branched; blades i¥-& long, l"-i" wide, sometimes sparsely pilose above near the base; panicle 2'-4' long
. 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. Genus 33. GRASS FAMILY. 179 2. Aristida Curtissii (A. Gray) Nash. Cur- tiss's Triple-awned Grass. Fig. 424. A. dichotoma var. Curtissii A. Gray, Man. Ed. 6, 640. 1890. Aristida Curtissii Nash, in Britt. Man. 94. 1901. Culms tufted, 8-20' tall, branched; blades i¥-& long, l"-i" wide, sometimes sparsely pilose above near the base; panicle 2'-4' long, the branches erect; spikelets commonly s"-6" long, rarely longer, the first scale much shorter than the second which usu- ally about equals the body of the flowering scale, rarely somewhat exceeding it, the flowering scale 34"-5$" long, the lateral awns very short, \"-\" long, straight and erect, usually less than i as long as the central awn which has the straight portion 2i"-4" long. In dry soil, Missouri and Kansas to Oklahoma; also in Virginia. 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 Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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