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Curtis^ Enumeration of 



scabrous ; sheaths woolly ; branches of the panicle elon- 

 gated, subverticillate ; peduncle pilose at the base, awns 



subequal/' Poir. 



aves sheathing the base of the stem^ 12-15 inches 



Le 



long, flat, rigid, scabrous above, attenuated to a point ; 

 Lower valve of the calyx much the longest, the interior 

 about equalling the corol, narrower ; Inlermedlate awn 

 more than a third longer than the lateral, and more than 

 twice the length of the corol. . . 



" Awns as long as the corolla, the intermediate some- 

 what the longest.'^ Ell. 



" Awns nearly equal, about twice as long as the flow- 



er. 



3? 



Poiret. 



" Intermediate awn 2-3 times longest.'^ Tor. in Lit. 



The tendency of this plant to vary in the length and 

 proportion of its awns is fully established by the above 

 observations. 



I have a variety of this plant, with a panicle more slen- 

 der, destitute of the tomentum, and the interior valve of 



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the calyx apparently narrower. ' 



(42) 



Mx. Culm 2 feet hio;h, round 



and smooth, leafy ; Leaves convolute, pubescent on the 



margm 



lower ones 



wiry 



Panicle appressed; Calyx longer than the corol, valves 

 unequal and subequal, awned, lower one shortest; Corol 

 distinctly pedicellate, pubescent at the base ; Awns ex- 

 panding, intermediate one a fourth longest, and about 

 twice the length of the corol. 



^Hab. sandy barrens, where it appears in scattered tus- 

 socks a foot thick, and very compact, with its matted, 

 fibrous roots, sending up numerous erect, wiry, filiform 

 leaves and a few stems. Well known undpr thp n^mf. nf 



xvire grass 



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