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Figure 95. — Qlyceria arandin. Panicle, X 1 ; floret, X 10. (Pearce, N. Y.) 



10. Glyceria nubigena W. A. An- 

 derson. (Fig. 96.) Culms 1 to 2 m. 

 tall, slender to rather stout, smooth, 

 shining; sheaths glabrous or scaber- 

 ulous, the lower much longer than the 

 internodes; ligule truncate, 1 mm. 

 long; blades as much as 45 cm. long, 

 6 to 10 mm. wide, smooth below, sca- 

 brous above; panicles 20 to 30 cm. 

 long, the branches stiffly spreading or 

 reflexed; spikclcts 3- to 4-flowered, 

 the florets early deciduous; lemmas 

 about 2.5 mm. long, obtuse or sub- 

 acute. c 4 — Moist ground, balds 



and high ridges, Great Smoky Moun- 

 tains, Tennessee and North Carolina. 

 11. Glyceria obtusa (Muhl.) Trim 

 (Fig. 97.) Culms erect, often decum- 

 bent at base, 50 to 100 cm. tall, rather 

 firm; blades elongate, erect, mostly 

 smooth, flat or folded, 2 to 6 mm. 

 wide; panicle erect, oblong or nar- 

 rowly elliptic, dense, 5 to 15 cm. long, 

 the branches ascending or appressed; 

 spikelets mostly 4- to 7-flowered, 4 to 

 6 mm. long, green or tawny, the ra- 

 chilla joints very short; glumes broad, 

 scarious, 1.5 and 2 mm. long; lemmas 



Figure 96. — Glyceria nubigena. Panicle, X 1; floret, X 10. (Barksdale and Jennison 1970, Tenn.) 



