THE GRASSES OF MAINE. 



27. GLYCERIA CANADENSIS, Trinius. 

 Gly-ce'-ri-a Can-a-den'-sis. 



PLATE XIII. 



Common Names. Rattlesnake Grass, Tall Quaking Grass. 



Stems erect and stout, from two to three feet high ; leaves long 

 and somewhat rough. Panicle large, loose and finally nodding, 

 from six to nine inches long. Spikelets oblong to ovate, one-sixth 

 of an inch long, rather swollen but flattened on the sides, from six 

 to eight-flowered. Glumes shorter than the flowers and purplish ; 

 flowering glume somewhat longer than the rounded palea. 



This species grows in wet meadows and swamps, and flowers in 

 July. Hon. J. S. Gould says that cattle eat it very well in pas- 

 ture and when made into hay. It is well adapted to low, wet lands.' 



28. GLYCERIA OBTUSA, Trinius. 

 Gly-ce'-ri-a ob-tu-sa. 



Common Name. Obtuse Spear Grass. 



Stems stout and erect, from two to three feet high, very leafy ; 

 leaves long and smooth. Panicle narrowly oblong and dense, from 

 three to five inches long; spikelets from six to seven-flowered, 

 nearly one-fourth of an inch long ; flowering glume obtuse. 



Grows in bogs near the coast, and flowers in August. 



29. GLYCERIA ELONGATA, Trinius. 



Gly-ce'-ri-a e-lon-ga'-ta. 

 Common Name. Long-Panicled Manna-Grass. 



Stems erect, simple, fiom three to four feet high ; leaves about 

 one foot long} somewhat rough. Panicle elongated, nearly a foot 

 long and nodding, appressed ; flowering glume obtuse. 



Grows in wet woods and swamps. Flowers in July. 



