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GRASSES OF IOWA. 



DESCRIPTION". 



Narrow Memo (i;s\ss. A smooth, slender, erect grass, I to 3 

 feet (2-6 dm.) high, with narrow leaves, and nodding spikelets in 

 nearly simple panicles. Panicle few-flowered, sparingly branched be- 

 low, often reduced to a simple raceme. Spikelets 4 to 5 lines (8-10 



I'm; 17!. Melica mutica a, spikelet; >>, palea, 1 

 anthers. (Div. Agros. U. S. Dept. of Agrl.) 



Fio. 17:?. Uniola lati/olia—a, spikel.-t; b, 

 empty glumes; c, flowering glumes; d. palet. (Div. 

 Agros. U. S. Dept, Agrl. I 



mm.) long, with two perfect flowers; empty glumes thin and membra- 

 naceous subequal, about as long as the spikelet. In rich soil. June, July. 

 Melic grass occurs along our streams as far north as Story County. 



