186 I'OAtK.K. 



Iila«K-.s. Panicio |\vi'aiiii(l;\l. s|»iva(liii;; or coiitnicteil, the 8]>ikulet8 

 ol'tcii sliinin^' and scaltritl. 



'riii'ic arc eight or ttii sjM'cie« I'ouihI in the Southern us well us 

 in tiie Northern lleMiirtphere. 



In Nortliern Kuro|K' it was lorinerly strewn lu'l'ore the doors of 

 churches on Clirislnias and other iioly-(hi_vs. iienee one of its coin- 

 nion names. 



a. Spikeh'ts 4 mm. h)n<f, no projecting; awn 1 



a. Spikeh- s I mm. h>nj.', awn projectinj; '.'-;{ mm. . . . ',*, ',) 



a. S|»il\clcts ."» mm. hmi:'. no project in,<r awn 4 



a. Spikelets 5 mm. htn^', awn projcctinf; slightly 5 



1. 8. odorata (L.) Scrihn. Mem. Hull. 'I'orr. (Mnh, r^-.U 

 (ls!t4). NouriiruN IIoi-y (iUAss. Si:\i:rA ok \ amij.a (iuAss, 

 Ihtlrvs (K/iinifii.s L. Sp. I-'I. l(i4S (r;.");{). //. fi'/wtis Host. (iram. 

 :k;{. /. ;} (ISOl). Ilivmrlihw humilis \\. k S. Syst. •.'.•.".i;j 

 (ISir). 



A smooth tufted ^n-ass. '.20-70 cm. hij,di. Li^uli' 4-r» mm. long; 

 hiatk'S Ihit, short. Panich' pyramidal, .")-l".> cm. lon^', slijfhtly 1- 

 sided, rays smootli, in pairs. Spikek'ts hroadly ovate, I'ldvous or 

 brown, shinin^f. empty };lumes acuminate, about 4 mm. h)n<,', second 

 one the lonjjer. membranous, translucent; lloral <,dumes of the 

 lateral llorets mucronate or short-awned at or near the apex, 

 eiliate on the margins; floral glume of the terminal floret 

 smaller, nearly glabrous, hairy above; jnilea narrower and l-*^-3- 

 nerved. 



Oanada {Anti(,'osti Islaiul), VcrrvlJ : Vermont, PriiKjlr ; Massa- 

 cliusetts, Fd.raii, SlKftcnntt: Ontario, Fowhr; New York, Heal 

 37; Miehigau, ('oolcif, /lailcf/ iov M. A. C. 35, llV/^r/ry for j\I. A. 

 ('. 36; Minnesota, iStnlvij li 451, //(ib:itif/rr ; Colorado, Cassidji ; 

 Wyoming, liiiffum ; Mcmtana. Andvrmn; Alaska, Funstun for 

 Nat. Mils. 30 ; Oregon, llonrll. 



'* Refused even by hungry mules,'" says Sereuo "Watson. 

 Dr. I. A. La])ham is authority for the statement that this is the 

 sacred grass of many of the Indian tribes, as of our own European 

 ancestors. 



Northern and subuli)iue. 



