. 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. 9. Muhlenbergia comata (Thurb.) Benth. Hairy Dropseed. Fig. 447., Vaseya comata Thurb. Proc. Phila. Acad. 1863: 79. 1863. M. comata Benth.; Vasey, Cat. Grasses U. S. 39. 1885. Culms i°-2i° tall, erect, slender, smooth and glabrous. Sheaths shorter than the internodes, smooth or slightly scabrous; ligule about ¥' long, truncate, naked or minutely ciliate; bla
. 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. 9. Muhlenbergia comata (Thurb.) Benth. Hairy Dropseed. Fig. 447., Vaseya comata Thurb. Proc. Phila. Acad. 1863: 79. 1863. M. comata Benth.; Vasey, Cat. Grasses U. S. 39. 1885. Culms i°-2i° tall, erect, slender, smooth and glabrous. Sheaths shorter than the internodes, smooth or slightly scabrous; ligule about Â¥' long, truncate, naked or minutely ciliate; blades 2i'-5' long, i"-a" wide, erect, flat, rough; panicle often tinged with purple, 2'-4* in length, dense, branches J'-iJ' long, erect; outer scales of the spikelet equal, or the second a little the longer, smooth, scabrous on the keel; third scale shorter, smooth and glabrous, bear- ing an awn .2-3 times its length, the basal hairs silky, erect, fully a; long as the scale. On prairies, Montana to Washington, south to Kansas (?) and Colorado. 10. Muhlenbergia simplex (Scribn.) Rydb. Slender Dropseed. Fig. 448. Sporobolus simplex Scribn. Bull. U. S. Dep. Agr. Agrost. 11: 48. 1898. M. simplex Rydb. Bull. Torr. Club, 32: 600. 1905. A smooth and glabrous annual. Culms slender, up to 1° tall, but usually i that height; ligule about 1" long, acute; blades erect, up to 2' long, i" wide, flat, â involute; panicle slender, sometimes interrupted be- low, i'-2i' long, the slender branches appressed; spikelets, exclusive of the short awn when present, a little over 1" long, the outer scales less than i as long as the spikelet, rounded or truncate at the erose apex, the flowering scale very acute and often with a short point or awn. In meadows and along brooks, Montana to Nebraska and Colorado. Aug. and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration a
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