Illustrated Descriptions of the Grasses 



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bloom until late summer, the reed-like stems, frequently shoulder- 

 high, and bearing broad, soft leaves, are common in July in wooded 



swamps and by shaded streams. 



When the many-flowered pani- 

 cles first appear they are pale green, 

 contracted, and almost silky; later, 

 as the flowers open, the multitude 

 of hair-like branches spread from the 

 flowering-head and the spikelets are 

 often tinged with purple, while as the 

 seeds ripen the panicles are again 

 contracted as before blossoming. 

 Slender Wood Reed-grass (Cinna lati- 

 fdlia) is also a grass of late summer, and 

 though in many localities this species is less 

 common than Wood Reed-grass it is not 

 infrequently found in deep woods and on 

 mountainsides. It is more slender than 

 the preceding species and bears a less 

 densely flowered panicle of spreading or 

 drooping branches. 



The flowers of these grasses have but one 

 stamen, and the palets are remarkable in 

 that they show but one nerve. 



Wood Reed - grass. 

 dinacea L. 



Cinna arun- 



Wood Reed-grass 

 Cinna arundinacea 



Perennial. 



Stem 2-6 ft. tall, leafy, not branched, erect. 

 Ligule I "-2" long. Leaves 6'- 1 5' long, 3"-7" 

 wide, flat, roughish. 



Panicle 6'-i5' long, densely flowered, rather 

 narrow, green or purple. Spikelets i -flowered, 

 about 2\" long. Scales 3; outer scales 

 rough, unequal, acute; flowering scale 2- 

 toothed, usually bearing a minute awn be- 

 tween the teeth. Rachilla sometimes slightly 

 prolonged. Palet i-nerved. Stamen i. 



Moist woods, thickets, and swamps. July to 

 September. 



Newfoundland to the Northwest Territory, south 

 to Alabama and Texas. 

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