fkstick.t:. ^H^ 



It Viiries cousitlcrably in loii^'tli ol' pjinicle and in nunihcr of 

 si»ikt'lets. 



Open woods, New Enj^land to Minnesota and Texas. 



Var. Shortii (Kiintli) /'. Shorlii Kuntli, Wood's Ciass-liook, TH-t 

 (18G;J). F. ohinsn Spren;,'. Mant. Fl. Hal. ;!4 (ISOT). /'. nutans, 

 \ar. pahtsfn's \\\)Qi\, Hot. and Flor. ;>!»!» (ISTo). F. intlans iiuijor 

 Vasey, Grasses U. S. Si*. Kept. V. S. l)ei)t. A«,m-. No. GI], 43 (lss:5), 

 name only. 



Panicle more or less contracted, rays l)eariii,i; ni(»re nunieroiis 

 clustered spikelet.s. 



Iowa, llitchcurk; ^lississippi, Tranj: Minnesota, Siindhi'ry. 



Kentucky, Illinois, Mis.souri to Iowa, and Minnesota. 



8. F. versuta, now name. /'. Tc.nnut N'asey, Hull. 'J'orr. ("lul), 

 13: 110 (1SS()). not Steud). ISr)*)). 



Culms rather stout, GO-SO cn^ liij,di. Sheatlis shorter tluin (he 

 interuodes; li<!fule a mere callous ring: hliides of the culm ;!-4 in 

 number, flat or involutes, scarious. 10-20 cm. long. <i-10 mm. wide, 

 apex taper-pointed. Panicle thin, pyramidal, about 15 cm. long, 

 rays in pairs below, scabrous, nodding, somewhat distant, the longest 

 7-10 cm. long, t'ew-llowered on the outer fourth or third. .Si»ike- 

 lets pedieelltite, light green, glaucous, linear, 3-5-llowered, aljout S 

 mm. long, joint of rachilla O.G mm. long, empty glumes rigid, 

 scabrous on the lu'rves, first linear-lanceolate, 3.5-4.5 mm. long, 

 second broader, 4.5-5 mm. long; floral glunu; 5 mm. long, ovate- 

 lanceolate, suViacute, mucrouate or short-awned, chartaceous; j>alea 

 nearly as long as its glume. 



Texas, lieva-chon in 1884 for Scribn. 



!t. F. denticulata, new name. /'. rf ////>/// //r/ \'asey. Con t rib. I '. S. 

 Nat. Herb. 1::.':7 (18!»3). not Le (lall. (185-.»). 



A rather stout erect perennial, 00-00 cm. high. Leaves of 

 sterile shoots rather rigid, 15-20 cm. long, 2-4 mm. wide; those 

 of the culm 4, slieaths scabrous, longer than the internodes; ligule 

 very short, slightly unsymmetrical ; blades attenmite, jiointed, flat or 

 becoming involute. Panicle 15-20 em. long, the iiodes distant, 

 rays flexuose, chiefly in pairs, the longest 7-10 cm. long, bi-aring 

 spikelets above the middle. Spikelets i)urplish, 3-4-flowered, empty 



