Glyceria. 



GRAMINE^E. 



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Wet meadows, northern and western parts of the State : not found on the Hudson below 

 Poughkeepsie. Fl. July. This is a very abundant grass in some places. It is good fodder, 

 and might be cultivated in situations where few other grasses would grow. It is a native 



Panicle diffuse, loose ; the branches slender and at length pendulous ; spikelets ovate- 

 oblong, about 5 - 6-flowered ; the flowers obtuse, strongly 7-nerved ; ligule ovate. — Trin. 

 in act. Petrop. 6 ser. 1. p. 365; Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 2. p. 248. G. Michauxii, Kunth, 

 " Gram. 1. p. 343. t. 85," and enum. 1. p. 367. Poa nervata, Willd. sp. 1. p. 389 ; Pursh, 

 fl. 1. p. 79; Muhl. gram. p. 140; Torr. fl. 1. p. Ill ; Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 34 ; Beck, hot. 

 p. 411 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 76. P. striata, Michx. fl. I. p. 69. P. lineata, Pers. syn. 1. 

 p. 89. P. parviflora, Pursh, I. c. Briza Canadensis, Nutt. gen. 1. p. 69, not of the suppl. 



Perennial. Culm 3-4 feet high. Leaves flat, narrowly linear, smooth : sheaths entire, 

 a little rough : ligule ovate, lacerate. Panicle large and capillary, erect when young ; the 

 branches 2-3 together, flexuous, roughish. Spikelets about 2 lines long, often purple. 

 Flowers distinct, caducous. Glumes small, unequal, ovate-lanceolate. Paleae nearly equal : 

 lower one oblong ; the upper lanceolate-obovate. Stamens 3. Stigmas compound. 



Wet meadows and margins of ponds : very common. Fl. June. 



5. Glyceria elongata, Trin. Long-panided Manna-grass. 



Panicle elongated, racemose, the branches mostly solitary, appressed ; spikelets ovate, 

 obtuse, somewhat tumid, 3 - 4-flowered ; lower palea rather acute ; stamens 2 ; ligule very 

 short. — Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 2. p. 248. Poa elongata, Torr. fl. 1. p. 112; Beck, bot. p. 

 411 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 77. P. Torreyana, Spreng. neue entd. 2. p. 104 ; Kunth, enum. 

 1. p. 362. 



Perennial. Culm 3-4 feet high, simple, erect. Leaves about one foot long and 2-3 

 lines wide, nearly smooth : sheaths entire, smooth : ligule nearly wanting. Panicle 8-12 

 inches long, somewhat nodding ; the branches distant, appressed, flexuous, solitary, or with a 

 smaller one. Spikelets mostly 3-flowered ; the flowers free. Glumes nearly equal, lanceolate, 

 acute, keeled. Paleae unequal ; the lower one oblong-ovate, somewhat prominently 7-nerved : 

 upper one very obtuse, shorter than the lower. Stamens constantly 2. Stigmas compound. 



Swamps and wet meadows : northern and western counties. Fl. June - July. A very 

 distinct species ; easily distinguished by its long, contracted, racemose panicle. It occurs 

 also in New England and in Canada. 



also of various parts of Europe. 



4. Glyceria nervata, Trin. 



Nerved Manna- grass. 



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