actRopyron re pens, BEAUV. 1»7 



nishcs )i good deal of grazing on rather poor land, and grows riglit 

 along through summer, when l>lue grass will dry out entirely. 

 It is improved by l)reaking np every three or four years, and 

 planting a crop 



"I am beginning to holieve that in this and Johnson grass, Ave 

 Inivo for this latitude, for hay and i>asture, two ])hints that are 

 not excelled hv anvthing that groAvs in the north, Thev do not 

 fraternize with cotton, so i)lanters are ver\' much afraid of them.'' 



AGKOl'YJ{0N', .r. (iAKUTN. 



Sjiikelets many flowered^, compn^ssi'd, sessili;, one at each joint 

 of the zigzag rachis, distichous, place(l with one side to the racliis, 

 flowers perfect, or the u})j)er oiu's imperfect. Km2)ty glumes 

 narroAver than the iloral glume, few nerved; lloral glumes firm. 

 convex on the hack, 5-T-nerved, obtuse, acniminate, or aAvned, 

 the upper one often empty or enclosing an imperfect iloAver. 

 Palea shorter than the lloral glume, 2-lceeled. Lodicules, ovate, 

 entircj ciiiate, Stamens 3. Styles very short, distiiu't, stigmas 

 feathei'y> subsessile.. Caryopsis oldong, grooveil, moi'e or less 

 hairy at tlio apex, adherent to the palea or free. Perennials or 

 annuals, Avith leaves Hat or convolute. Spike terminal. 



About twenty species found in temperate climates. 



A. repeiis, Beauv., (Tritifum repeiis, Lo) ({iiack, Quitch, 

 Quick, Twitcli, Couchc, Dou:, Scutcli, Kye, Durfec, Chaudler, 

 Witch, Quake, Squitch, or Flu's (irass or Creepiui? Wheat. 



— A very variable perennial Avith long, creeping rootstocks. 

 Culms 1-t feet, smooth, glabrous. Leaves Hat, sheaths terete, 

 ligule short, spike 2-10 iu.^ straight oi' curvetl, spikelets 4-8 fid., 

 J-1 in, long. Empty glumes T)- T-nerved, rigid^ cuspidate, acute 

 oraAvned; floral glumes much tlu* same, witli an awn nearly its 

 length, or sometimes uwnlesso 



This grass is Avell knowji in most of the older portions of our 



Fi(i 7t'i. Atiiiiiiiirnii /rpc/i.s- (yuarU ki'-'ss) ; luirt <if n jilant . ((, lower (■mi)ty Kl'iiiie ; 

 /), iiiipor t'liipl V k1"iiu- , (', flora 1 trhinio ;(/, jialca ; <•, lotlicules, including the base of 

 Ktaiuens, an abortive ovary ami tlie feathery stigmas.— (Hudworth.) 



