. 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. Order 155.—GRAMINE^. 40i 2 I*, pusillum N. Culm ascending, 4—12'; lateral fls. awnless; central fl. s,wlth 3 subequal awns (7"); spike linear, 1—2' long. (3) Ohio, and W. May. 3 H. V0LGAEE. Four-rowed B. Culm 2—If; Ivs. broad, auricled at base ; spike thick, 2—4'; fls. all fertile, fruit in 4 rows. (I) Cultivated, May. 4 H. DisTicH
. 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. Order 155.—GRAMINE^. 40i 2 I*, pusillum N. Culm ascending, 4—12'; lateral fls. awnless; central fl. s,wlth 3 subequal awns (7"); spike linear, 1—2' long. (3) Ohio, and W. May. 3 H. V0LGAEE. Four-rowed B. Culm 2—If; Ivs. broad, auricled at base ; spike thick, 2—4'; fls. all fertile, fruit in 4 rows. (I) Cultivated, May. 4 H. DisTicHUM. Two-rmjoed B. Culm and leaves as above. Lateral fls. abortive; fruit arranged in two rows. (I) More common in cultivation. June. 54. ELYMUS, L. Lyme G. Wild Rye. Spikelets 2—4 at each joint of the rachis, 2-6-flwd. Gl. 2, subulate, placed ou the outer side of their spikelet, forming an invo- lucre to the group, sometimes minute, or obsolete. Pales coriaceous, involving the grain, the lower acute or § Eltmus proper. Involucre present, cocsii^t- ing of the conspicuous (a) § Gtmnostichum. Invol. glumes small or mi- nute, or obsolete No. a Spikelets 5-8-flowered, soft-pubescent, without awns No. 5 a Spikelets 1-5-flowercd, hard, rough, with conspicuous awns. ..(6) h Spikelets glabrous, merely rough, 2- or 3-flowered Nos. 1, 2 b Spikelets hispid with hairs, or 2-5-flowered Nos. 3, 4 1 E. Virginicus L. Culm erect, .3^f, smooth; Ivs. broad, flat, scabrous; spike 3—5'long, thick, erect, often sheathed at base; gl. lance-linear, strongly veined, tipped (as well as the 2 or 3 fls.) with short (6—10") awns, n Banks. August. ^. {a) Glumes thickened and connate-arcuate at the base. S. 2 E. Euvopaeus L. Culm erect, 3—5f; Ivs. broad, flat, scabrous; spike suberect, 6—8', esserted; spkl. in 3's, 2-flowered, scabrous, each with 4 long (M—2') straight awns ; glumes linear, 5-veined. n River banks. South. 3 E. Canadensis L. (6) S
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