188 GRAMINEAE. 
1. Eragrostis capillaris (1) Nees. Capillary Eragrostis. (Fig. 428.) 
Poa capillaris 1,. Sp. Pl. 68. 1753. 
Poa tenuts El. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1:156. 1817. 
Eragrostis capillaris Nees, Agrost. Bras. 505. 1829. 
Culms 8/-18’ tall, erect, slender, sparingly 
branched at the base, smooth and glabrous. 
Sheaths short, overlapping and crowded at the base 
—« of the culm, glabrous or sparingly hairy, the upper 
enclosing the base of the panicle; ligule a ring of 
very short hairs; leaves 3/-10’ long, 1//-2’’ wide, 
long-acuminate, smooth beneath, scabrous above 
and sparingly hirsute near the base; panicle diffuse, 
4/-15’ in length, the branches capillary, spreading 
or ascending, 114/-5’ long; spikelets ovate, 2-4- 
flowered, little flattened, 1//-114’/ long; empty 
scales about equal, acute; flowering scales acute, 
the lower 3¢’’ long, the lateral nerves obscure. 
In dry places, Rhode Island to New York and Mis- 
souri, south to Georgia and Texas. Aug.-Sept. 
2. Eragrostis Frankii Steud. Frank’s Era- 4 i 
grostis. (Fig. 429.) ~ A y / 
Eragrostis Frankiti Steud. Syn. Pl. Gram. 273. 1855. — iy vf 
Eragrostis erythrogona Nees; Steud. Syn. Pl. Gram. 273. \ ‘ yp \ 
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Glabrous, culms 6/—15/ tall, tufted, erect, or often \Y Ves / \ 
decumbent at the base, branched, smooth. Sheaths eae \9 i), y A Xw\ \i 
loose, shorter than the internodes; ligule a ring of |S = WZ \ As\ 
hairs; leaves 2/-5’ long, 1’’-2’’ wide, smooth beneath, AAV a \ i 
scabrous above; panicle 2’-6’ in length, open, the \ 17 x" 
branches ascending, the lower 1/-1}2’ long; spikelets 3, Vo) | \ 
ovate, 3-5-flowered, 1’’-114’’ long; empty scales acute, ‘ 
the first shorter than the second; flowering scales 
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acute, the lower 3(’’ long, the lateral nerves obscure. 
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In moist places, southeastern New York and northern X Vy 2 2 
New Jersey to Minnesota, south to Mississippi, Louisiana ) wi \ 
and Kansas. Sept.—Oct. 
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3. Eragrostis pilosa (I.) Beauv. ‘Tufted Eragrostis. (Fig. 430.) 
Poa pilosa ¥,. Sp. Pl. 68. 1753. 
Poa Caroliniana Spreng. Mant. Fl. Hal. 33. 1807? 
Eragrostis pilosa Beauv. Agrost. 162. 1812. 
Culms 6/18’ tall, tufted, erect, slender, branched, 
smooth and glabrous. Sheaths shorter than the in- 
ternodes, smooth, sometimes pilose at the throat; lig- 
ule a ring of short hairs; leaves 1/-5’ long, 1/’ wide 
or less, smooth beneath, scabrous above; panicle 
2/-6’ in length, the branches at first erect, finally 
widely spreading, 1/-1'4’ long, often hairy in the 
axils; spikelets 5-12-flowered, 114’/-3’’ long, about 
14’ wide; lower scales acute, the first one-half as long 
as the second; flowering scales acute, the lower 3/7 
long, thin, usually purplish, the lateral nerves faint 
or wanting. ' 
Waste places or cultivated ground, southern New Eng- 
land to Illinois and Kansas, south to Florida and Texas- 
Naturalized from Europe. Aug.—Sept. 
