No. 89, 

 GLYCERIA PAUCIFLORA Prfsl. Rd. IliPiik. i. 257 (laW). 



PIftut jxTOiiuial. often ]niii)li' in tlic iiillorescence, with a stoloiiirerons rootstock. 



Culms cTt'tt, robust, .smootli, leafy nearly to the panicle, 1^ to -i feet tall. 



heaven of the culm 3 or 4; sheaths striate, nearly smooth, loose, open, usually ex- 

 ceeilinj,' the internodes; blades (lat. lanceolate, soiriewhat scabrid on both sides, .3 to (5 

 lines wide, .3 to (i inches lonjj; ligide rounded or more otten lacerate, li to 3 lines lonj^. 



Inflorescence a somewhat contracted and flexuous or at leiijfth loose and open 

 p;iiiic!(^ 5 to S inches long; rays liis]iid. 2 to 5 together (usually in |»airs) :it the (! to .S 

 nodes, sliglitly spreading or nearly horizontal, 4 inches long or less, divided and spike- 

 let-bearing from the middle. 



Spilrlctx linear, ~>- to 7-flowered, 2 to 3 lines long; empty glumes less than half 

 the length of the adjacent lloiets, the tirst ovate, denticulate near the subacute apex, 

 smooth, 1 -nerved, J line long, the second erose at the rounded apex, 3-nerved. nearly 

 1 line long; tloral glume broadly oblong, erose at the rounded, scarious apex, hisj)idu- 

 lous on the keel, ])r()minently 5-nerved, 1 to IJ lines long; jialet oblong, emarginate, 

 slightly i)ubescent on thc^ 2 keels, nearly e(|uaiing the glume; stamens 3, the oblong 

 anthers i line long, scarcely exserted; stigmas feathered nearly to the base; grain 

 yellow, subtranslucent, smooth, about A line long. 



Plate LXXXIX; a, spikelet; /y, Horet opened ; c, floral glume. 



California to Alaska and eastward to Colorado in the mountains, near water or 

 in the borders of ponds. 



