A(JU<)STII>E.K. 



2«9 



allied to some spcoios of Sliixi, hut tlu> racliillii is produoed lu-vond 

 tho lloral f,duiiio into u little bristlo, sometiiiiL'.s bouriiig u iniuiito 

 nidiincntary ^'liinic 



1. B. erectum (Sdirob.). l^ciuiv. A<,'rost. 39 

 (181^). Miihlnihcniid vralo Sehreb. Grils. 

 2:139, t. i'to (IT72-T9). DUvpntntm aristuHvm 

 Miohx. Fl. lior. Am. 1:40 (1803). Muhh'uhvnfm 

 arlsfafa Pers. Syii. 1 : 73 (IfiOA). llrarlinvhilnua 

 urlslatiun 1{. iS: S. Syst. 2:413(1817). Mnhh-n- 

 hcrffia bnir/n/eli/fnim Tvhi. Unifl. 188 (1H24). 

 ^lom, Ac'iid. St. Tetcrsb. (\'I). <!, 2:300 (1X45). 



Culms sUmder, erect, tufted, 3()-f;() riii. iii<rli. 

 comin<( from ii dense pereiiniiil rootstock. often 

 finely pubescent, especiully at the nodes. Sheaths 

 shorter than the iuteruodes; liyulo 2 mm. loni--: 



b a 



Fm. A(3,—Br<ichyelytmni erectum. A, spikelet; a, horul glume; b, palea and 



bristle, (liicliard.son.) 

 blades Hat, elliptical-lanceolate, scabrid, 9-nerved, C-12 cm. lonj?, 

 1-1.5 em. wide. Floret appressed, more or less scabrous, linear- 

 oblon<,^ about 1 cm. long, bearing an awn 1-2 em. long. 



\'ermont, PruKjIe; Pemisylvania, Scribncr fu. I.^ S. Dei)t. 

 Agrieul. 330; Virginia, Simill; Michigan, Clark 1003, 1103, 

 FarwcU; ^Minnesota, lUaley B. 397. 



Dry rocky places and m woods, usually in scattered bunches. 



Florida and northward. 



