The Book of Grasses 



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Panicle 3'-io' long, branches few; spikelets one to several-flowered, 

 few, about 4"-5" long, nodding on slender pedicels. 



Narrow Melic-grass . . . 182 

 Panicle 2'-8' long; spikelets 3-10-flowered; flowering scales not 

 distinctly nerved. Grasses of salt marshes and sea beaches. 



Goose-grass . . . , . . . 217 

 Spreading Spear-grass . . . 217 

 Panicle 3'-5' long; spikelets 3-6-flowered, few, purple, 8"- 12" long; 



flowering scale bearing a dorsal awn. Purple Oat . . . 182 



Panicle 3'-9' long, branches few, coarse; spikelets 3-5-flowered, 

 densely clustered. Grass of early summer. 



Orchard Grass . . . 194 

 Panicle 2'-8' long, heavy; spikelets large, flattened, 8-35-flowered. 



Grass unpleasantly scented. Strong-scented Eragrostis . . 180 

 Panicle i^'-j' long, branches hair-like; spikelets 5-12-flowered, few, 

 heart-shaped, inflated, on drooping pedicels. 



Quaking Grass . . . 188 

 Panicle 4'-i2' long, base usually enclosed in upper sheath; spikelets 

 5-10-flowered, sessile on the branches, narrow, erect, 3"-5" long. 

 A grass of salt marshes. Salt Meadow Leptochloa . . . 169 

 Panicle 2'-! 2' long, pyramidal, open; spikelets 3-5-flowered, small, 

 flattened; flowering scales webby at base. 



Kentucky Blue-grass . . . 205 

 Fowl Meadow-grass . . . 205 

 Panicle 3'-! 5' long; spikelets 3-12-flowered; flowering scales dis- 

 tinctly nerved. Grasses of wet grounds. 

 Panicle open, nodding; spikelets inflated. 



Rattlesnake Grass 213 



Panicle contracted, densely flowered. 



Densely flowered Manna-grass . . . 213 

 Panicle pyramidal, open. 



Nerved Manna-grass 214 



Tall Manna-grass 206 



Panicle branches few; spikelets long and narrow. 



Floating Manna-grass 214 



Sharp-scaled Manna-grass 208 



Panicle 6'- 18' long, branches long and spreading; spikelets 4-8- 

 flowered, about 4" long, purple, shining. 



Tall Red-top . . . 171 

 Panicle 5^-12' long, branches slender, drooping; spikelets many- 

 flowered, broad, 9"-i5" long. 



Broad-leaved Spike-grass . . . 184 

 Panicle 2'- 10' long; spikelets long, many-flowered, drooping from 

 slender pedicels; flowering scales awned. 



Fringed Brome-grass . . . 230 

 Downy Brome-grass . . . 230 

 Chess 229 



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