. 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. Alpine Foxtail. 4. Alopecurus pratensis L. Meadow Foxtail. Fig. 461. Alopecurus pratensis L. Sp. PI. 60. 1753. Nearly or quite glabrous, slender, culms i°-2i° tall, erect, simple. Sheaths usually much shorter than the internodes, loose or somewhat inflated; ligule about i" long, erose-truncate; blades ii'-3l' long, i"-3" wide, scabrous, at least
. 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. Alpine Foxtail. 4. Alopecurus pratensis L. Meadow Foxtail. Fig. 461. Alopecurus pratensis L. Sp. PI. 60. 1753. Nearly or quite glabrous, slender, culms i°-2i° tall, erect, simple. Sheaths usually much shorter than the internodes, loose or somewhat inflated; ligule about i" long, erose-truncate; blades ii'-3l' long, i"-3" wide, scabrous, at least above; spikes ii'-2i' in length, 4"-6" thick; outer scales of the spikelet united at the base for about one^quarter their length, 2"-$' long, acute, gla- brous except the sparingly pubescent lateral nerves and the strongly ciliate keel; third scale slightly shorter, ob- tuse, smooth and glabrous, the awn inserted about quarter way up the scale and exceeding it. In meadows, Newfoundland to southern New York, New Jersey and Ohio. Naturalized from Europe. June-July. 5. Alopecurus alpinus J. E. Smith. Fig. 462. Alopecurus alpinus J. E. Smith, Engl. Bot. pi. 1126. 1803. Culms glabrous and smooth or nearly so, s'-2° tall, erect, sometimes decumbent at the base, simple. Sheaths generally shorter than the internodes, loose, often inflated; ligule 1 "-2" long, rounded at the apex; blades i'-j' long, I"-3" wide, smooth beneath, slightly scabrous above; spike ii' in length or less, 3"-6" thick; outer scales of the spikelet united only at the base, 2" long, obtuse, villous and ciliate; third scale about equalling the outer ones, obtuse, glabrous except at the villous apex, the awn inserted about one-third the way up, a little exceeding the scale. Greenland and Labrador to Alaska. Also in arctic and alpine Europe and Asia. Summer. 39. PHIPPSIA R. Br. Suppl. App. Parry's Voy. 285. 1824. A low annual tufted grass, with flat leaf-blades and
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