266 GRAMINE.E. A nthoxanthwn. 



Redwoods of the Coast Ran^'e, Bolandcr, n. 2279. A very robust species, differing in its in- 

 florescence from any largi'-ltavcd form of J[. Itorca/is tliat we liave seen, and distinyni^iiialile from 

 it lit once by tiie •;ieenisli color of tlic luiniclis, wbieli in tbal are uluiiys brownisii. 'i'iiat siieeies, 

 the " Seneea-grass " of the Eastern States, has been found in Washington Ti'rritory and Oregon, 

 and is Ulvely to occur within the bonU'rs of tlie State. It may be reeognized by the brown color 

 of the spikelets, even wIrii young, its pointed ghinies and pulets, and its much smaller leaves. 



12. ANTHOXANTHUM, Linn. SwiiEX Veunal Okass. 



Panicle cyliiulricitl, spike-like. 8pikelets 3-flowered, the lateral florets neutral 



and consisting of a single palet ; the upper or central one perfect. Glumes thin, 



unequal, the lower smaller, 1 -nerved, the upper about twice the length of the lower 



and 3-nerved. Palet of tieutral florets awiied. Perfect floret small, of two char- 



taceous smooth obtuse palets, the ujjper one 1 -nerved. Scales none. Stamens 2, 



large, linear, yellow. Ovary glabrous : styles long ; stigmas feathery. Grain ovate, 



enclosed in the palets. 



A perennial genus of three species, whicli some botanists regard as one, found in temperate re- 

 gions all over the workl. Like Hicrochloc it gives otf a pleasant odor in drying. 



1. A. odoratum, Linn. Culm erect and rather slender, 1 to 2 feet high : leaves 

 flat, hairy ; sheaths often hairy, the ligule short, obtuse : panicle 1 to 5 inches long, 

 interrupted below, often brownish ; spikelets 3 to -i lines long : neutral palets 

 2-lobed, hairy, one with a bent awn from near the base, the other short-awned below 

 the tip ; the longest awn sometimes protruding beyond the glumes. — Trin. Si^ec. 

 Grain, i, t. 14; l^eichenb. Icon. Fl. Germ. i. 6G, t. 183. 



Meadows, Bolandcr. A well-known grass, introihiced from Europe. It is not regarded as very 

 nutritious, hut its ju'csence in meadows is welcomed, as it imparts its odor to other grasses, and is 

 supposed to give a tlavor to butter. It (lowers in spring, and often again in autunni. 



13. ^GOPOGON, Willd. Goat's-beard Grass. 

 Panicle raccnioso and nu)stly secund. Spikeli;ts in pairs or threes, one perfect, 

 very shortly pedicelled, often larger than the one or two other longer pedicelled 

 ones, which are staminate or neuter. Glumes eijualling or shorter than the floret, 

 with one nerve prolonged beyond the apex as an awn between two lateral shorter 

 awns or teeth. Lower palet of perfect floret 3-nerved, awned at the acute tip or with 

 three awns, the lateral much shorter ; upper palet acute or bearing two short awns. 

 The sterile spikelets similar in structure, but often smaller. Scales 2, minute. Sta- 

 mens 3. Ovary linear-oblong, smooth : stigmas plumose. Grain free. 



A genus of about six small annuals and perennials, natives of South America and Jle.xico ; they 

 have much the aspect of Chforulcw. 



1. JSj. cenchroides, Willd. Culms G to 12 inches high, slender, decumbent 

 and bent more or less at the nodes : leaves linear, flat, 1 to 2 inches long and less 

 than a line broad, and with the sheaths barely scabrous ; ligule H lines long, bilid ; 

 lower sheaths shorter than the interuodes : panicle 2 or 3 inches long, slender, loo.se : 

 spikelets in threes, nearly ecpial, upon a short scabrous strongly curved or lient ray 

 or branch, all very shortly pedicelled : glumes nearly equal, about half the length of 

 tlie floret, mostly reddish, scabrous, wedge-shaped, 1-nerved, bijid at apex with a 

 straight awn about its own length between the shorter teeth : palets nearly equal, 

 the lower slightly longer and 3-nerved, the central awn about twice the length of the 

 two lateral ones ; the upper palet with two short set;e between two lobes ; the cen- 

 tral awn to the lower palet <>[' the perfect floret usually longer than the others in the 

 cluster. — IIBK. Nov. (Jen. iV: Spec. i. 132, t. 42 ; Trin. Agrost. i. 7. 



Sent by Mr. Bolandiir without locality, and i)iol)ably intioduced from lower down the coiist. 

 According to Kunth all three spikelets sometimes have perfect flowers. 



