124 POACEAE 
oo appressed along the spreading branchlets, 
1.5 mm. wide. 19. E. pectinacea. 
Spikelets ‘not appressed ; pedicels spreading or as- 
cendin 
spars ti of leaf-blades and sometimes other por- 
tio of the plant beset with glandular de- 
pre wd sions. 20. E. Eragrostis. 
ida D. ne DEI not glandular 
Lem ong; stems 10 'to 20 cm. 
tall, spreading or decumbent at base. 21. E. teprosanthos. 
Lemmas about 2 mm. long; stems 30 to 50 : 
. long, erect. 22. E. limbata. 
a E. secundiflora Presl. Stem as much as 80 cm. tall: panicle pps pud 
. long, the short pcne dapi. Or appressed spikelets oblong, 
fow ered: lemmas 3-5 . long, pointed. [E. oxylepis Torr. JSandy soll, 
mostly on plains, eric piu. Ala. to 
S Calif. and Kan.— —(Menz.) 
2. E. spectabilis Sent pia end in 
dense Sti clumps: ste or end- 
ing, 30-80 em. tall: leaf. otk o 
or pilose, densely pilose at the throat: 
paniele usually more than half the entire 
height of stem, the branches LUC in the 
ares the whole finally breaking away as 
tumble-weed: spikelets 5— 15 flowered.— 
Open sandy places, old cx and roadaides, 
various provinces, Fla. to Tex., Ariz., Minn., 
and Me.—(Mez.) 
E. refracta (Muhl.) Seribn. Stem 
30-96 em. tall: leaf-sheaths glabrous, sparingly villous at b throat: blades 
2—4 mm. wide: ap ie e 20-50 cm. lon ng, t T bran P remote: spikelets 6-25- 
flowered, 6-12 mm. long: lemmas acumin [ E. camp a refracta B 
E. campestris Trin. J —Sandy as Ten pinelands, river-banks, and swamps, 
Coastal Plain, Fla. to Tex. and Del 
4. E. Elliottii S. Wats oe E. refracta: spikelets linear, as much a 
2 em. long, ^ ids 5-15 m m. long.—Sandy Lodi and prairies, Coastal 
Plain, Fla. Tex. and N. C.—(W. I., Mez.)—8H. ta A. Hitche. differs in 
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the ur “which are 8-12 mm. long, and the ieee lemmas 3 mm. long. 
—S pen. Fla. 
5. E. trichocolea Hack. & Are Stem erect or geniculate at pad 20—40 
em. tall: leaves villous, or a heath glabrate, the blades 2-3 wide: 
panicle comprising one-third to RAD the length of the EE E as 
bro E. E se i i i 
ikele 
long, 3-6-flowered: lemmas about 2 mm. long. [E floridana A. 
Hitehe. . E. TIU (Fl. SE. U. S.) ]—Pinelands, pen. Fla.—(S. A.) 
. lugens Nees. Stem erect, 30—70 em. tall: leaf-sheaths glabrous or 
sparsely pilose, prominently pilose at the throat: blades flat or loos ely in 
volute: panicle one-third to Bd the entire height of the p p branches 
l ng, long, 
rather stiffly spreading or ending: spikelets oblon 
8—7 -flowered, the i4 as us as the spikelet or longer, rond E P 
acute, about 1.5 long: lemmas 2 mm. long.—Dry grounds, La. o Calif. 
Nat. in Coastal Plain of Ga. and Ala.—(Mez., C. A., 8. A.) 
7. E. hirsuta nq Nees. Stem erect, 60—120 em. tall: eae ae as 
much as 80 em. long, the Branches finally widely e as mu s 25 
long, sparingly en e in the axils: lemmas about 2 co long E fields and 
open woods, Coastal Plain, Fla. to Tex., Mo., and S 
