. 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. Genus 6. GRASS FAMILY 3. Andropogon Elliottii Chapm. Elliott's Beard-grass. Fig. 266. Andropogon Elliottii Champ. Fl. S. States, 581. i860. Culms erect, i°-3° tall, simple or sparingly branched above, the branches strongly bearded at the upper nodes; sheaths glabrous or loosely villous, the lower narrow, the upper elongated, inflated, imbricated; blades 2'-io'
. 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. Genus 6. GRASS FAMILY 3. Andropogon Elliottii Chapm. Elliott's Beard-grass. Fig. 266. Andropogon Elliottii Champ. Fl. S. States, 581. i860. Culms erect, i°-3° tall, simple or sparingly branched above, the branches strongly bearded at the upper nodes; sheaths glabrous or loosely villous, the lower narrow, the upper elongated, inflated, imbricated; blades 2'-io' long, 4"-2i" wide; racemes in pairs, rarely in 3's, i'-2' long, loose, some of them long-exserted; rachis slender, flexuous, its joints and the pedicels pubescent with long spreading silky hairs; outer- most scale of the sessile spikelet i4"-2" long, scabrous on the keel; awn 6"-o" long, scabrous; pedicellate spikelet a minute scale or wanting. In dry or moist places, southern New Jersey to Missouri, south to Florida and Texas. 4. Andropogon ternarius Michx. Silvery Beard-grass. Fig. 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 Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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