No. 36. 

 CALAMAGROSTIS BOLANDERI Tlnuh. I'.ut. (';il. ii. liSO. 



riiiiil pciciiiiial, lui)s(>ly tutted. 



Culms erect or slijiiitly yeuie-ulatc at base, soinewliat sc;ihrc)iis iieai' tlie iiotlcsaiid 

 panicles, li to 4 feet liiuli. 



Leaven of culm .3 to .">; slieatlis lather loose, striate, scabrous, usually shorter than 

 the internodes; blades Hat, sciibious on both sides, to Id inches long, 2 to 4 lines 

 wide; lij^ule truncate, erose, oi' lacerate. 2 lines Ion;;'. 



Injioresreiicc a loose, pyramidal, erect m tiexuous ])anicle 3 to s inches ionj;: r;iys 

 in threes or fives, slender, scabi'ous, subdivided, and s])ikelct lie:irinfi- bevond the 

 middle. 



Spikelets on pedicels e(pialin}^ or exceeding; themselves, turgid, l-Howered, 1.^ to L' 

 lines long; empty glumes c(pial, lanceolate, :icute, or the second somewhat obtuse, 

 convex, ni^arly smooth, purjile tinged, turning brown in age, 1 nerved oi' the se<-ond 

 obscurely .3-nerved, l.\ to li lines long; floral gliune oblong, 4 toothed atthe ol)tuse ai)ex, 

 minutely scabrid, 4-neived, l.l lines long; hairs of callus and filiform rudiment Inilf as 

 long as the glume; awn .ittached almost at the base, twisted, slightly bent, IM to .> 

 lines long; palet oblong, bidentate at the a)>ex, minutely .scabrid, thin, 2-nerve<l. 1 line 

 long; grain oblong, slightly flattcncMl, yellow. o]);i(pie. 1 liiu; long; lodicules present, 

 but small. 



I'LATK XXXVI; rt, empty glumes enlarged !S tinu-s; /;. rudiment and tioict with 

 glume and palet, sprend as at tloweiing-time; c, floral glume, dorsal view. 



Moi.st woods, Mendocino County, (Jal. 



