. 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. 598 Order 155.—GRAMINE^.. 34. TRICUSPIS, Beauv. Spkl. terete, or tumid, 3-9-flwcl. Glumes unequal, awnless. Lower pale {n, c) conspicuously fringe- bearded on the 3 strong veins, tipped with 3 or 3 teeth, and 1 or 3 short awns or cusps; upper pale much shorter, 2-toothed {}i). Fls. paniculate. Sheaths hairy at throat. Aug., Sept. § WiND
. 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. 598 Order 155.—GRAMINE^.. 34. TRICUSPIS, Beauv. Spkl. terete, or tumid, 3-9-flwcl. Glumes unequal, awnless. Lower pale {n, c) conspicuously fringe- bearded on the 3 strong veins, tipped with 3 or 3 teeth, and 1 or 3 short awns or cusps; upper pale much shorter, 2-toothed {}i). Fls. paniculate. Sheaths hairy at throat. Aug., Sept. § WiNDSORiA. Culm erect, simple. Lower pale .3-ciif=ped Nos, 1, 2 § Culm spreading, branched. Lower pale 1-ousped Kos. 3, 4 1 T. seslcrloidcs (Ms). False Jied-top. {a, a, n, m) Cnlm 3—")f; Ivs. linear, involute when dry; pan. open, loose, 8—12', the slender branches at length spreading; spkl. (a) oblong, 3", 5- or 6-fl\vd., purple, shining. 7i Beautiful. p. 1lexuo»a, Branches of the panicle flesuous ; spkl. , 2". Pa. 2 T. ambigua (Ell.) Culm 2—3f, wiry; Ivs. narrow and rolled; pan. small (3—5'), few-llwd.; spkl. ovate, the 5—7 fls. divaricate, y. Pine-barrens, S. 3 T. purpurea (Walt.) (i) Culm bearded at the nodes, 10—18'; Ivs. subulate, short; panicles more or less sheathed ; spkl. {b) .3-flwd., awn scarcely exceeding the eroded segments of its pale. (I) Coast sands, Mass. to Fla. (c, lower pale.) 4 T. corniita (Ell.) Culm 2f; Ivs. and sheaths hairj'; awn of the lower pale plu- mous, much longer than the lateral teeth, recurved. Dry sands, S. 35. ARUNDO Donax. A gigantic ornamental grass from Italy, where it is cult, for vine-poles, fence-wood, fishing rods, etc. Culm 10—ISf high ; Ivs. broad, flat, smooth, and shining; pan. difi'usely branched ; gl. as long as the 3 fls.; rachis beset with long hairs ; lower pale mth a short awn in the cleft at apex, u p. VERSICOLOR. Gardener's Garters. Leave* striped with white. 36. GRAPHEPHOR
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