. 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 80. GRASS FAMILY. 241 7. Eragrostis major Host. Strong-scented Love-grass. Fig. 578. E. major Host, Gram. Austr. 4: 14. pi. 24. 1809. Eragrostis poaeoides var. megastachya A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 631. 1867. Culms 6'-2° tall, erect, or decumbent at the base, usually branched, smooth and glabrous. Sheaths shorter than the internodes, smooth, sparingly pilose a
. 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 80. GRASS FAMILY. 241 7. Eragrostis major Host. Strong-scented Love-grass. Fig. 578. E. major Host, Gram. Austr. 4: 14. pi. 24. 1809. Eragrostis poaeoides var. megastachya A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 631. 1867. Culms 6'-2° tall, erect, or decumbent at the base, usually branched, smooth and glabrous. Sheaths shorter than the internodes, smooth, sparingly pilose at the throat; ligule a ring of short hairs; blades 2'-/ long, 1 "-3" wide, flat, smooth beneath, scabrous above; panicle 2'-6' in length, the branches spreading or ascend- ing, 1'-a' long; spikelets 8-35-flowered, 2i"-8" long, about ii" wide, very flat; empty scales acute, the first slightly shorter than the second; flowering scales ob- tuse, l"-ii" long, the lateral nerves prominent. In waste and cultivated places nearly throughout the United States, and in Ontario. Naturalized from Europe. Unpleasantly scented, handsome. Candy-grass. 8. Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Steud. Purple Love-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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