. 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. 3. Sphenopholis nitida (Spreng.) Scribn. Slender Eaton's-grass. Fig. 588. Aira nitida Spreng. Fl. Hal. Mant. 32. 1807. Eatonia Dudleyi Vasey, Coult. Bot. Gaz. 11: 116. 1886. Eatonia nitida Nash, Bull. Torr. Club 22: 511. 1895. E. glabra Nash, in Britt. Man. 1043. 1901. S. nitida Scribn. Rhodora 8: 144. 1906. Glabrous, culms i°-2° tall, erect, very slender, smoo
. 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. 3. Sphenopholis nitida (Spreng.) Scribn. Slender Eaton's-grass. Fig. 588. Aira nitida Spreng. Fl. Hal. Mant. 32. 1807. Eatonia Dudleyi Vasey, Coult. Bot. Gaz. 11: 116. 1886. Eatonia nitida Nash, Bull. Torr. Club 22: 511. 1895. E. glabra Nash, in Britt. Man. 1043. 1901. S. nitida Scribn. Rhodora 8: 144. 1906. Glabrous, culms i°-2° tall, erect, very slender, smooth. Sheaths shorter than the internodes, gen- erally pubescent; ligule I" long; blades ¥-3' long, 1" wide or less, often pubescent, the uppermost very short; panicle 2'-6' in length, lax, the branches spreading at flowering time, afterwards erect, i'-2i' long; spikelets not crowded, i4" long; empty scales smooth, the first about one-third as wide as and equalling the second, which is obtuse or almost trun- cate, often apiculate; flowering scales narrow, i"-ii" long, obtuse or acutish, smooth. In dry woods, Vermont to Michigan, Georgia and Mis- sissippi. 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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