486 



poace;e. 



ulo very short, ciliate; blades Hat or becoming involute, 8-15 cm. 

 loii<,', 4-6 niin. wide. I'aiiicle s])rea(lin<jf, inraniidal, 18-'^5 cm. 

 loiij,', rays with siiiootli axils, scattered. dcconiiMUind. Spikelets 

 lead-colored on cai)illary pedicels mostly shorter than tiiciuselves, 

 narrowly linear, 5-8 mm. lonir, 7-1 1-tlowered ; empty glumes pur- 

 plish, lanceolate, first 1.5 mm. long, second broadi-r. '.' mm. long; 

 floral glume oval, subacute. 2 mm. long, lateral nerves j)rominent ; 

 palea nearly as long as its glume, scaberulous ou the keel. tJraiu 1 

 mm. long. 



Dr. \'asey says: **Ty])e specimens collected at San Diego. Cali- 

 fornia, by C. 11. Orcutt, in 1S85 (No. lolS). and others at San 

 Bernardino by S. ]J. Parish. Woll distiuguished by its large, many- 

 ilowered panicle and slender s])ikelets. Jt is most nearly related 

 to A\ Mi'xicaiia Link.*' 



California, Parish 3484 in 1893. 



10. E. MAJOR Host, (iram. 4: /. 14 (1801)). lirlza Eragrostis 

 L. Sp. 1*1. TO (1753). E. jnupoides var. iiitiidsfdrliiia A. (iray, 

 Alan. Ed. !3:5(i;5 (1803). Erayruxlis Eiunjivslis MacM. .Met. 

 Minn. 75 (18I»3). not Karst. 



A dill'usely spreading annual, 15-50 cm. high. Leaves with 

 glands on the i)rincipal nerves; ligulo a fringe of 

 hairs; blades flat, 5-15 cm. long, ;{-5 mm. wide, 

 smooth or nearly so. Panicle rather dense, ovoid or 

 oblong, 8-16 cm. long. Spikelets linear or obl'Mig, 

 flattened, on short pedicels, ovate wlien yo;uig, 10-50- 

 flowcred, 6-30 mm. long, whitish when old, olive 

 green or tinged lead-color when young; empty glumes 

 sube(|ual, broadly ovate, acute when spread, 1-nerved, 

 1.5-1.8 mm. loiig; floral glume broadly oval, abruptly 

 acute, lateral nerves conspicuous, aboui 3 mm. long; 

 Icu'feVrib'n.'r ') P'^^^''^ linear-si)atulate, ciliate on the keels. Crain al- 

 most spherical, often ()idy0.5 mm. diam. 

 'V\\Q glands secrete a substance emitting an unpleasant odor 

 olTcnsive to animals. 



jMassacliusetts, Fa.ron A:', New Jersey, ScrUnicr iov V . S. Dopt. 

 Agricnl. 583; District of Columl)ia, MfCtir/Iiif; Towa, Jfi/c/icook; 



Fig. 97. 



Enif/rontis 



