MANUAL OF THE GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES 



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Figure 860. — Axonopus affinis. Two views of spikelet, 

 and floret, X 10. (Type.) 



free nearly half its length. Spreading 

 or stoloniferous perennials, with flat 

 blades and slender racemes, these 

 subdigitate or racemose along a short 

 axis, stiffly spreading or reflexed at 

 maturity. Type species, Reimaria 

 acuta Fliigge (Reimarochloa acuta 

 Hitchc). Named for J. A. H. Rei- 

 marus, and Greek chloa, grass. 



1. Reimarochloa oligostachya 

 (Munro) Hitchc. (Fig. 861.) Gla- 

 brous; culms compressed, often long- 

 decumbent and rooting at the lower 

 nodes, the flowering shoots, 20 to 

 40 cm. tall; sheaths loose; blades 2 

 to 4 mm. wide; racemes 1 to 4, 

 mostly 2 or 3, 5 to 8 cm. long; spike- 



Figtjre 859. — Axonopus compressus. Plant, X }4'< two views of spikelet, and floret, X 10. (Combs 413, Fla.) 



let; sterile lemma about equaling the 

 fruit, the sterile palea obsolete; fer- 

 tile lemma scarcely indurate, faintly 

 nerved, acuminate, the margins in- 

 rolled at the base only, the palea 



lets about 5 mm. long. % {Rei- 

 maria oligostachya Munro.) — In water 

 or wet soil, Florida; Cuba. In general 

 aspect resembles Paspalum vaginatum 

 Swartz. 



