110 POACEAE 
1. S. filiformis (Chapm.) Seribn. Stem densely tufted, 30-60 em. tall: panicle 
5-15 cm. long, slender, often nodding: m ets about 4 mm. long. [E. fili 
formis ‘Vasey |—Dry soil, Coastal Plain 
N. C. 
Fla. to Tex., Tenis and 
S. obtusata, (Michx.) Seribn. Stem 30- 
100 em. tall: leaf- sheaths glabrous or pubes- 
p 6-18 cm. long, often glomer 
ate sagas 2.5—9 ong. [E. obtusata 
ray pubescens Seribn. & Merr., the 
pubes escent form.]—Dry soil, various prov- 
inces, Fla. to Tex. and Me. "id - m 
] 
glabrous, sometim mes awned below the apex. 
[E. pennsylvanica A. Gray E. nc. E c or ag woods, various 
provinces, Fla. to Ariz., Wis., S. aristata (Scribn. & Merr.) Heller 
[Eatonia aristata Scribn. & Merr. 5 aristatum D Nash] resembles S. pal- 
lens: lemmas scabrous as in S. nitida, the second awned. . C. Probably a 
rid. 
S. nitida (Spreng.) Seribn. Resembles S. eade stem more slender and 
DUE Ep so tall: leaves pubescen n or glabrous: paniele looser, the branches 
more widely spreading in flower: first glume E s wider. [E. nitida 
Nash E. Dudleyt Vasey E. glabra pe aa ous form.]|—Dry woods, vari- 
ous provinces, Fla. to Tex., N. D., 
67. KOBLERIA Pers. Slender low or rather tall annuals or perennials 
unequal in shape, the lower narrow and 
sometimes shorter, l-nerved, the upper some- 
what broader above the middle, wider than 
the lower, 3- to 5-nerved; lemmas somewhat 
Searious and shining, the lowermost a little 
onger than the. glume, dida 5-nerved, 
acute or short-awned.— Twenty species, in 
the temperate regions of n hemispheres. —-J UNE-GRASSES. 
1. K. phleoides (Vill.) Pers. Annual with short ins: panicles and snort- 
awned lemmas.—Pensacola, Fla. and Ala 
Nat. of Eu. 
68. AVENA [Tourn] L. Low or 
moderately tall annuals or perennials with 
narrow or open pisc rather few-flow- 
ered E bs gical spikelets. Spike- 
lets rachilla 
- to ul flowered, the 
bearded, ae ee the glumes and 
between the florets; glumes about equal, 
membranaceous or papery, several-nerved, 
longer than the lower floret, usually exceed- 
