GRASSES OF OHIO 
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naked in the axils. Spikelets 5-1 S-dowered, dull purple or green; 
lemma firm, acute, the lateral nerves prominent. 
In dry soil. August, September. General. 
5. Eragrostis pilosa (L.) Beauv. Tufted Love-gras^. An an¬ 
nual grass with slender, tufted, diffusely branching stems, ^ 4 - 1^2 ft- 
high, with a decumbent or spreading base, and with a diffuse panicle 
whose lower axils are usually sparingly bearded. Spikelets 5-18- 
fiowered, becoming linear; lemma subacute, usually purplish, the 
lateral nerves faint. 
In waste places or cultivated ground. August, September. 
Rather general; no specimens from the northwestern counties. 
Naturalized. 
6. Eragrostis frankii Steud. Frank’s Love-grass. An annual, 
diffusely branched grass with tufted erect or decumbent stems, 14-134 
ft. high and an oblong open panicle with short spreading branches. 
Spikelets ovate, 3-5-fiowered, on more or less appressed pedicels; 
lemma very acute; faintly 3-nerved. 
In low or sandy places. August-October. Rather general; no 
specimens from the south-eastern nor from the north-western 
counties. 
7. Eragrostis capillaris (L.) Nees. Capillary Love-grass. A 
slender, erect, sparingly branched annual grass, 34-1/4 ft. high with 
panicles more than half the entire length of the plant, oblong-ovoid 
in shape, the capillary branches spreading or ascending. Spikelets 
ovate, 2-4-fiowered, on long, divergent pedicels; lemma acute, faintly 
3-nerved. Often lemon-scented. 
Considered a weed. In dry, sandy soil. August, September. 
Ottawa, Madison, Clinton. 
8. Sphenopholis Scrib. Eaton-grass. 
Slender tufted perennials, usually with narrow terminal panicles. 
Spikelets 2-3-fiowered, the rachilla articulated between and extended 
beyond the fiowers, the pedicels jointed just below the glumes; outer 
empty glume linear, acute, 1-nerved, the inner much broader, 3- 
nerved, usually obtuse or rounded at the apex, the margins scarious; 
lemma chartaceous, with obscure nerves; palet narrow, 2-nerved; 
grain free, enclosed in the rigid lemma. 
1. Empty glumes unequal, the outer shorter and about 34 as wide as the inner. 2 
1. Empty glumes nearly equal the outer not less than 34 as wide as the inner; 
Branches of the lax panicle more or less spreading. y. nitida. 
2. Inner empty glume obovate; panicle narrow, densely flowered. y. obtusota. 
2. Inner empty glume narrowly obovate to oblanceolate; branches of the lax 
panicle more or less spreading. S. pollens. 
