a 
SLENDER HARD-GRASS.—a, A 
portion ot aly pap % Sas tries = a cans floret; c, a flowering vane d, 
pales cules. g. 589 in Bul. 17 illustrates another species of this 
genus. 
128. LEPTURUS Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. I: 207. 1810. Spikelets 1- to 2- 
flowered, solitary, seule, alternate in ompuderananad of ae jointed rachis of the 
spike; y pty seen 
ger rarely only + a the sesh tates _ hard or coria i-nerved 
-d in celet t in the terminal on e; flowering 
glumes much ae oan the canes ones, thin and hyaline, keeled. Palea 
2nerved, hyaline. Stamens 3 or fewer. Ovary smooth. Styles short, distinct; 
_stigmas plumose. yopsi > d within the gl s, free. 
ee iy tall Se ee ight, comdeved Une 1 
= “species 8 o 6, widely distributed in the Eastern capeagnicntos 1 sparingly 
to North America. 
