26 PANR'ACE.E. 



Seldom flowering in the United States. Proi)iiji:Mtcd by plant- 

 ing tlie culms in furrows. Introduced from tro})icul Asia. 



8. (70). Eeianthus Michx. F\. Uor. Am. 1 : 54 (1803). Bi- 

 pidiiiiii Trin. Fund. Agrost. 100 (18'2U), Spodi^jHif/a/i Fourn. 



Spikelets in pairs on each joint ol* the slender rachis, one sessile, 

 the other pedicellate; otherwise alike. Cilumes 4, the 2 outer 

 men)hranous, often tirm, subequal, empty, first 4-0-nerved (0 in /i'. 

 stria/tffi), often 2-toothed, second many-nerved, third shorter, hya- 

 line, empty; fourth or floral glume hyaline, setaceous, or bearing 

 a straight or twisted uwn; palea hyaline, smaller. Stamens 3. 

 Styles distinct. Grain oblong, enclosed, but not adherent. 



Tall often reedlike grasses with flat or convolute leaf-blades. 

 Panicle terminal, narrow and dense or somewhat spreading, some- 

 times one-sided, often clotlied with numerous hairs. Et'iantlms is 

 intei-mediate between Savcharum and Full in ia. 



Species I'l, widely spread over the warmer regions of Europe, 

 China, Japan and Nortl) America. 



Spikelets 4-5 mm. long. 1 



• *' G mm. long 2 



" 7 mm. long 3 



*' 10 mm. long 4 



1. E. RAVEXX.Ti; (Z.) 13eauv. Agrost. 14 (1812). 'Woolly heard 

 GRASS. A)ifh'(ipof/on liavennm L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 1481 (1703). 

 Sacclianon Rareniiw L. Syst. Veg. Ed. 13, 88 (1774). 



Culms 2-3 m. high, recdlike, glabrous. Sheaths smooth; 

 ligule short, pilose; the lower blados hairy, very narrow, grooved on 

 the upper side, 1-2 m. long. Panicle 30-00 cm. long, 15-20 cm. 

 wide when in flower. Spikelets 5 mm. long, these as well as their 

 pedicels 'lothed with hairs about their own length; glumes nearly 

 equal, ovate-lanceolate. 3-nervcd, third hyaline, oval, acuminate. 4-5 

 mm. long, 1-nerved; floral glume broad-oval, hyaline, 3 mm. long, 

 3-nerved with a straiglit av/n about 5 mm. long; palea ovate, acute, 

 hyaline, nerveless, 2 mm. long. Lodicules 0.0-0.7 mm. long. 

 Stamens 3. 



Introduced into cultivation from Europe for its stately appear- 

 ance in gardens. 



