. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 142 BULLETIN 7*72, U. S. DEPAKTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Gastridium ventricosmn (Gouan) Schinz and Thell.^ {G. lendi- gerum (L.) Gaud.) (fig. 78), with an awned lemma, a common weed on the Pacific coast, appears to have no economic value. 66. Lagurus L. Spikelets 1-flowered, the rachilla disarticulating above the glumes, pilose under the floret, produced beyond the palea as a bristle; glumes equal, thin, l-nervecl, villous, gradually tapering into a plumose aristif orm point; lemma shorter than the glumes, thin, glabrous, b
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 142 BULLETIN 7*72, U. S. DEPAKTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Gastridium ventricosmn (Gouan) Schinz and Thell.^ {G. lendi- gerum (L.) Gaud.) (fig. 78), with an awned lemma, a common weed on the Pacific coast, appears to have no economic value. 66. Lagurus L. Spikelets 1-flowered, the rachilla disarticulating above the glumes, pilose under the floret, produced beyond the palea as a bristle; glumes equal, thin, l-nervecl, villous, gradually tapering into a plumose aristif orm point; lemma shorter than the glumes, thin, glabrous, bear- ing on the back above the middle a slender, exserted, somewhat geniculate, dorsal awn, the summit bifid, the divisions delicately awn- tipped; palea narrow, thin, the two keels ending in minute awns. An annual grass, with pale, dense, ovoid or oblong woolly heads. Species one, in the Mediterranean region and in- troduced sparingly in Cali- fornia. Type species : Lagurus ovatiis L. Lagurus L., Sp. PL 81, 1753; Gen. PL, eel. 5, 34. 1754. Only one species described. Lagurus ovatus (fig. 79) is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental, the woolly heads being used for dry bouquets. 67. Epicampes PresL Spikelets 1-flowered, the rachilla disarticulating above * This name is based on Agrostis iientricosa Gouan, Hort. Monsp. 39, pi. 1, f. 2, 1762, which was published earlier in the year than Milium lendi- gei-um L., Sp. PI., ed. 2, 91, 1762, as shown by Linnaeus's reference to Fig. 78.—Gastridium ventricosum. Plant, X J ; Gouan's work in the preface to the sec- spikelet and floret, X 5. end edition of his Species 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 United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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