medium length, with the upper edge rounded or slightly depressed 

 in the center. Vestiture of leaf -sheath medium stiff, fine and short 

 setae. Vestiture of throat of sheath medium fine hairs on the auricles, 

 and adjacent edges and face of the base of the leaf ; sometimes finely 

 pubescent on the adjacent surface of the leaf. ]\Iost important dis- 

 tinguishing characters color and the form of the buds and the inter- 

 nodes. 



B-376. — Habit erect to recumbent. Length long. Diameter me- 

 dium. Shape of stalk more or less curved. Color varying from 

 shades of greenish-red to straM' color, and sometimes showing violet 

 or purple tints; very glaucous. Internodes varying in length l)ut 

 averaging aliout medium ; also varying much in shape, sometimes 

 straight-sided and sometimes more or less tumid, mainly tumid on 

 the side opposite to the one bearing the bud, typically plump, and 

 slightly flattened laterally; furrow medium depth. Nodes medium 

 size ; the depressed ring constituting the portion below the leaf-scar 

 distinct, deepest immediately below the bud ; the upper portion 

 usually about the same size as the internode, and often larger than 

 the portion below ; the leaf -scar adhering closely to the stalk on the 

 side opposite the bud, but often projecting out prominently from 

 beneath the 1)ud ; rudimentary roots three or four rows. Buds vary- 

 ing in relative length and width, usually plump, typically almost as 

 broad as long and broadly ovate-acuminate to triangular in outline, ob- 

 tuse to medium acute pointed ; margin medium width, typically with 

 distinct lobes ; may or may not start to expand on the standing stalk. 

 Foliage abundant, medium green in color, some of the dry leaves also 

 adhere to the stalk. Leaf medium width, medium length, tapering 

 into a long point. Leaf-sheath slightly flattened laterally at the 

 throat ; auricles medium size ; ligula medium width, with the up- 

 per edge rounded in outline or sometimes slightly depressed in the ■ 

 center. Vestiture of leaf-sheath a few setae in a line in the back. 

 Vestiture of throat of sheath medium coarse hairs on the auricles, 

 adjacent edges of the base of the leaf, and sometimes fine hairs on 

 the surface of the base of the leaf. ]\Iost important distinguislnnir 

 characters color and the form of the internodes, and the l)iids. 



Seeley Seedling. — Habit erect to inclining. Length long. Diam- 

 eter medium to small. Shape of stalk slightly curved. Color green- 

 ish-red, but varying in redness ^v\t'h the amount of sun-exposure ; the 

 depressed ring of the node below the leaf-sear glaucous. Tnternodes 

 medium to long, almost round in cross-section; typically straight or 

 slightly depressed from the bud upwards, but more or less tumid on the 

 opposite side ; furrow just perceptible. Nodes medium size, typically 



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