GRASSES OF IOWA. 



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1. ERAGROSTIS HYPNOIDES. 



Eragrostis hypnoides B. S. P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 69. 1888. 



Eragrostis hypnoides Lam. B. S. P. Beal. Grasses of N. A. 2: 477. 1196. 

 Scribner. Bull. U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Agros. 7: 251. f. 245. 1900. (3d ed.) 



Eragrostis reptans Nees. Agros. Bras. 514. 1829. Watson and Coulter. 

 Gray. Man. Bot. 660. 1890. (6th ed.). Scribner. Grasses of Tenn. Bull. 

 Univ. Tenn. Agr. Exp. Sta. 7: 95. /. 223. 1896. 



Poa hyp?wides Lam. 111. 1: 185. 1791. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Creeping Eragrostis. A prostrate,, much-brached, and exten- 

 sively creeping annual, with ascending flowering branches, 3 to 6 inches 

 (6-13 cm.) high. Sheaths short, pubescent or smooth; ligule reduced 

 to a fringe of short hairs, leaf-blade \ to 1 line (1-2 mm.) wide, usually 



Fig. 157. Eragrostis hypnoides-a, b and d, 

 spikelets; c, flower. '.Div. Agros. U. S. Dept. 

 Agrl.) 



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Fig. 158. Eragrcstis capillaris—&, spike, b, 

 spikelet. (Div. Agros. U. S. Dept. Agrl.) 



