CREEPING MEADOW GRASS. 



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slightly hairy on the margin ; panicles from one to two 

 inches long. Its panicle and creeping root-stalk are 

 seen in Fig. 60. Its spikelets magnified, in Pig. 61. A 

 palea in Fig. 62, its stamens in Fig. 63, and a seed in 

 Fig. 64, while a magnified surface of a rootlet is shown 

 in Fig. 65. 



Fig. 60. Creeping Meadow Grass. 



The Strong-scented Meadow Grass {Eragrostis po- 

 oeoides) is sometimes found in sandy fields, roadsides, 

 cultivated grounds, and waste places. Its leaves are 

 flat and smooth ; lower sheaths hairy, spikelets contain- 

 ing from ten to twenty florets, of a lead-color. It 

 flowers in August and September. 



The Pungent Meadow Grass. — A variety of the last 

 (Eragrostis poceoides, var. megastachya) is found more- 

 frequently on similar situations ; flowering about the 

 same time ; emitting, when fresh, a sharp and disagree^- 

 able odor, by whicli it may be known. 



The Slender Meadow Grass [Eragrostis pilosa) is 

 found with a large, loose, pyramidal panicle ; spikelets 

 from five to twelve flowered, of a purplish lead-color; 



