GRASS FAMILY. 451 
erennial. Culm3-5 feet high. Leaves 5-12 inches Jong ce-line: 
; sheaths eee ligule ovate, obtuse. Panicle erect gin a ieee pti 
gree: 
tal Glumes acute or acumi nate with ‘flatte ned ee ; whitis h with 3 green nerves. 
Palee pilose with feta hairs. Grain ovate, Beh 
Swampy places and borders of rivulets : comm June Fulys 
Obs. This — deep green grass frequently arrests the atten- 
tion on account of its luxuriant growth and promising appearance ; but 
it is of little or Rss agricu value. When cut early into 
hay, cattle, it is said, will eat it if they can get nothing better. A va- 
riety, with the leaves striped with white, is known in gardens as 
Striped or Ribbon Grass. When this variety is allowed to grow in wet 
situations it loses its liarity. 
2. P. CANARIEN’sIs, _ Panicle spike-like, oval ; glumes wing-keeled ; 
neutral rudiments smooth. 
Canary Paaxaris. pee Grass, 
Annual. Culm 1~2 feet high, smooth. Leaves pale green and glaucous ; the sheaths 
Somewhat inflated. Glumes ‘deuvie twice as long as the paleze, yellowish “green. 
Waste places and in cultivation. Native of Europe. July -Septemb 
Ob * This is sometimes cultivated for the seed which is the favorite 
food ( aowy See | tee turalized to.some extent and is fre- 
quently seen in waste places. 
27. PAS’PALUM, LE. Paspatum. 
(Greek, Paspalos; said to be an ancient name for Millet.) 
Spikelets racemose-spiked, usually in 2 rows, on one side of a flattened 
continuous rachis, jointed with their very short pedicels, plano-convex 
and nearly orbicular. Giume and empty palea few-erve Perennials 
with erect smoothish culms and single, digitate or ra 
ta’ceum, Jz. Saha seat} leaves ore spike mostly soli- 
Culm 1 ~2 feet high, setaceously slender, often purplish below and somewhat hairy. 
fe —6 inches long, hairy on both sides ; sheaths smooth, pilose — omg cpa 
inches in length, very slender ;—~often with another on a short ped 
. Sheath, sometimes rp Genes from’ ae lower sheaths. 
Sandy Reka a fpe gts: oughout the United States. August. 
ao ee Bina tk, the pa Sembee 
to a racer ce 0 Kenta 
the W serge i aks situations, after midsummer. * 
28. Fm “ICUM, L. Pantc Gru 
{Supposed from the Latin, Font bread ; which some species afford.] 
