S90 GRAMI1?E^. (GRASS FAMILY.) 



Var. paii€iflorum, Post. Spikelets .005 to .007 long, S-6-flo\ver- 

 ed. New Bridge (Jordan). 



77. SCL.EROPOA, Griseb. Sclkropoa. 



Spikelets short-pedicelled, compressed, or linear-terete, flowerets 

 3-00, imbricated. Glumes nearly equal, keeled, obtuse to retusc or 

 acute, shorter thansiDikelets, Lower pale usually somewhat coriaceous, 

 keeled, muticous or mucronate-aristate, 5-3-1-nerved, upper pale short- 

 er, acutish, 2-keeled — Tufted annuals, with spikelets in stiff, 1-sided 

 or forked panicles. 



* SjnJielets broad, flattened. Panicle somewliat 1-sided. 



i. S. P]iili§t£ea, Boiss. .1 to . i. Leaves linear, setaceous- 

 acuminate, short, the upper remote froiu panicle. Panicle oblong-el- 

 liptical, usually purplish, .05 to .08 l^.ng, .03 to .04 broad, the lower 

 branches with 3-5 spikelets; spikeleis .006 to .01 long, .002 to .003 

 broad, oblong -elliptical^ obtuse^ 9-13-llo\vered, tapering at base; glumes 

 oblong, the lower shorter, 1-nervcd, the upper 8-nerved ; lower pale 

 oblong, obtuse, obsoletely mucrouate, hirtulous toward base, lateral 

 nerves obsolete — Spring — Sands ; coast. 



2. S. inaritima, L. .3 to .5, glaucous. Leaves rigid, narrow- 

 linear, at length convolute, the upper often sheathing the base of the 

 panicle. Panicle oblong-ovate^ .08 to .1 long, .04 to .05 broad, com- 

 pound, branches thick, triquetrous, forked, often with nearly sessile 

 spikelets at forks; pedicels flattened, spikelets 5-9-flowered, oblong- 

 linear, acute, .01 to .012 long, .0015 to .002 broad ; glumes oblong, 

 keeled, the lower 3-nerved, shorter, the upper 5-nerved; lower pale 

 coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, obtusish, mucronulate, the lateral 2Kiir of 

 nerves close to one another and to the margin — Spring • - Sands; coast. 



* * Spilcelets narrow, linear-oblong to linear. 



f Branches of panicle not jointed, s'pi'kelets at forlis 0. Glumes obtuse. 



3. S. procunibeii§5 Curt. .1 to .2. Leaves linear, acuminate. 

 Panicle rigid, oblong, contracted, branches and pedicels very shoi't, 3- 

 angled; spikelets 5-9-flowered, oblong-linear, .005 long, .0015 to .002 

 broad; glumes imequal, oblong, the lower 1-nerved, shorter, the upper 

 3-nerved; lower pale oblong, obtuse, prominently ^-nerxed and grooved — 

 Spring — Salt marshes between Hamath and Palmyra. 



4. S. rigida, L. .1 to .3. Leaves linear, acuminate. Panicle 

 rigid, oblong-lanceolate, .05 to .1 long, .01 to .03 broad, with branches 

 and pedicels 3-angled; spikelets 5-11-flowered, linear-oblong, .005 to 

 to .01 long, . 002 broad, loose, pedicellate ; glumes lanceolate ; lower pale 

 oblong, convolute, obsoletely 'keeled and nerved — Spring — Grassy places 

 and roadsides; everywhere. Fig. 412. 



ft Branches of panicle jointed, brittle, bear- 

 ing sjyikdets atforTcn. Glumes acute. 



5. S. Mempliitica, Spreng. .1 

 to .2. Sheaths of leaves dilated, open, 

 the uppermost often forming a spathe to 

 the panicle. Panicle oblong, straggling y 



05 to 08 or 1 long 01 to 03 broad ^.^ \\ ^^ scleropoa 



lorKea, the spikelets at first erect, at length Mempliitica. 



M angles from G0'-130°, linear, acute at both ends, .007 to .01 long, .001 



