TIMOTHY 



Phle'um praten'se 



G94 

 (2 leaves) 



Leaf sheaths often longer than spaces 

 between joints of stein; upper ones 

 usually not inflated 



Leaves flat, 3 to 13 in. long, up to %in. 

 wide, usually somewhat harsh to the 

 touch. 



Flower head (panicle) dense, spike- 

 like, narrowly cylindrical, 1 to 6 or 

 sometimes 8 in. long, erect 



Stalks (culms) tufted, erect, usually 2 

 to 4 ft. high, from a swollen or bulblike 

 base, simple, smooth, hairless 



Roots fibrous, without creeping root- 

 stocks 



Individual flower group (spikelet) 1- 

 flowered, small, somewhat flattened 



Lowest (2) spikelet bracts (glumes) 

 persistent, usually equal, up to ?( 6 in. 

 long, thin, hairy-fringed on keel, 

 abruptly bristled (awned) from slanting 

 summit; awn short, about ''(> in. long, 

 ess than % length of glume 



Inner flower bract (palea) about as 

 long as lemma, narrow, thin-papery 



Outer flower bract (lemma) about }'> 

 us long as glumes, thin-papery, awnless, 

 blunt and slightly toothed on summit, 

 3- to 5-nerved 



