IDENTIFICATION OF GRASSES. 



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41. Field paspalum (Paspalum laeve; fig. 45). 



A coarse, tufted perennial; leaves rolled in the bud (fig. 4, C) ; collar 

 hairy, broad, continuous ; auricles none ; ligule membranous, thin, acute, 



Fig. .41. — Rescue grass (Bromus 

 unioloides) . 



Fig. 42. — Velvet grass {Uolcus lanatus). 



long ; sheaths strongly compressed, sparsely hairy on the margins and mid- 

 nerve ; blades flat, hairy above, near the base, and along the margins, one- 

 fourth inch wide, sharp pointed, tinged with reddish brown near tips. 



Fig. 43. — Crab-grass (Syntherisma 

 sanguinalis) . 



Fig. 44. — Small crab-grass (Syntherisma 

 ischaemum). 



This grass very closely resembles smooth paspalum, false redtop, and flat-stemmed panic 

 when young. The blades are usually creased lengthwise from the manner in which they 

 are rolled in the bud. It starts growth in late spring. 



