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FIG. 253. EATONIA NITIDA (Sprengel) Nash, Bui. Torr. Bot. Club, 22 : 511 



no oo, h.i • ^'*t r^-^T-^ '^'^^^^' ^^e^t- and c^spitose perennial 3-6 dm. 

 (1 -20) high, with short, flat, spreading leaves and rather few-flowered nod- 

 ding panicles 5-15 cm. (2'-6') long. Sheaths shorter than the internodes 

 flZ ir'^'r^'V'^'''' '■' °^^- ^-"^ ^^^^' leaf-blades 1-8 cm. (.'-3') long 

 nSn.r^ ^''^! "^ ''^^'' ^"^^ pubescent. Spikelets (a) not crowded, mm! 

 (V') long; empty glumes (d) nearly smooth, the first about one-third as wide 

 as and equaling the second, which is obtuse or almost truncate, often apicu- 

 late; flowering glumes (c) 2-2.5 mm. (FM-) long, obtuse or somewhat acute 

 The palea is shown by 5, the lodicules by ., and the stamens and pistil by/- 

 Dry, open woodlands, Ehode Island and New York westward to North Dakota 

 and southward to Mississippi and Texas. April to June. ' 



