;70 



Fig. 264. IJNIOI.A I.ATIFOLIA Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:70. 1803. BROAD- 

 LEAFED SPIKE-GRASS.— An erect grass, with rather stout, simple culms 6-15 

 dm. (2°-5°) high, broad, spreading leaf-blades and a drooping panicle of large, 

 flat spikelets (a) 2-3 cm. (?'-li') long, on long capillary pedicels; empty glumes 

 (b) much smaller than the floral ones (c), which are 9-12 mm. m"-G") long, 

 ciliate-hispid on the winged keel. Sheaths shorter than the internodes; ligule 

 1 mm. (}") long, lacerate-toothed; leaf-blades 10-22 cm. (4'-9') long, 0.5-2 cm. 

 (i'-l') wide, narrowed to a rounded, often ciliate base, acuminate at the apex, 

 scabrous on the margins, other\\ise smooth.— Low thickets and shaded banks 

 of streams, Pennsylvania to Florida, west to Illinois, Kansas, and Texas. June 

 to October. 



This species has broad, widely spreading leaves, and these, together with the 

 graceful, nodding, open panicles, render it pleasing in appearance and worthy 

 of cultivation for ornamental purposes. It has little or no agricultural value. 



