694 POACE.E. 



3-8-flowcrccl ; floral glume niirrow, witli scarions margins, involute 

 with age. Ovury obovatc-yblong. smooth, rarely with a his])idulous 

 line on one side. Styles terminal. Grain oblong, with a deep 

 groove, adhering to glume and palea. 



A wonderfully variable or polymorphous s])ecies, widely distrib- 

 uted in the Xorthern llemisi)here. 'riiost^ interested are referred 

 for details to Monoiirapliia Fcsiumruin Enropwanimhy K. JIaekel. 



Var. CAPILLATA (Lam.) Iluek. Monog. Fest. Eu. 8.") (LS8"i). 

 Feahtm capillafa Lam. Fl. Fr. ;{: .')!»: (ITiS). 



Densely tufted, '^0-30 em. higli. Culms liliform, 0.3-0.4 mm. 

 diam.. eom])ressed or four- to five-sided. Hlades of sterile slioots .">- 

 15 em. long, filiform, 0.3 mm. diam., those of the culm 2-3 in num- 

 ber, ■i-3 em. long. I'aniek' 4-G em. long, rays single, soon divid- 

 ing, 1.5-3 cm, long. S])ikelets elliptical, 3-8-flowered. 4-7 mm. 

 long, lirst glume "i mm. long, second 3 mm. long; floral glume 3-3.5 

 mm. long, awnless. Anthers lu'arly '* mm. long. A very ])retty 

 grass. 



Michigau, Ih'dl iov V . S. Dept. Agricul. M'.*, Htr Agricul. Coll. 

 134. 



Introduced into lawns at AgricviUual College, Michigan, and 

 elsewhere. 



Var. vulgaris Koch. Syn. Ed. 1, 'i-.SVi (1837); Hack. Monog. 

 Fest. Eu. 80 (188-.»). 



Densely tufted, *^0-30 cm. high; culms slender, firm, with two 

 nodes. Sheaths scaberulous or smooth; blades setaceous, firm, ob- 

 tuse, 0.4-0.(5 mm. tliam., 5-7-nerved, cylindrical or compressed, 

 sclerenchyma continuous on the lower side. Panicle oblong, erect, 

 rather dense, 5 cm. long, rachia and rays scabrid. Spikelets ellipti- 

 cal or ol^long-elliptical. tl-7.5 mm. long, densely 3-8-flowered, more 

 or less purplish; empty glumes unequal, second ovate-lanceolate, 4 

 mm. long; floral glume 3.5 mm. long, the awn 1-'^ mm. long. 



^linnesota (Vermillion Lake, Agate Jiay, respectively), Arthur 

 d- Baih'i/ B 450, 489. 



Var. supina (Schur) Hack. F. mpina Schur, Enum PI. Transs. 

 784 (18GG). 



Culms P2-30 cm. high, firm with two nodes, four-angled, and 



