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taceous with long appressed silky hairs. The common ribbon-grass 
of gardens is the variety picta L. 
In moist or wet soil. June-Aug. Rather general; no specimens 
from the northw^estern nor from the southeastern counties. 
2. Phalaris canariensis L. Canary-grass. An annual grass with 
erect simple or branched stems, 1-3 ft. high, and an ovoid or oblong 
head-like panicle. Spikelets broadly obovate, imbricated; empty 
glumes wdiite wdth green veins; empty lemmas thin-membranous, 
sparingly hairy; fertile lemma brown, acute, with appressed silky 
hairs. 
This species furnishes the canary seed of commerce. In waste 
places and roadsides. July, Aug. Cuyahoga, Montgomery, Hamil¬ 
ton. From Europe. 
52. Anthoxanthum L. Vernal-grass. 
Fragrant annual or perennial grasses with flat leaves and nar¬ 
row spike-like panicles. Spikelets 1-flowered, narrow, somewhat com¬ 
pressed ; empty glumes very unequal, acute or short-awned; sterile 
lemmas 2-lobed, awmed on the back; fertile lemma, truncate, awnless; 
palet faintly 1-nerved; stamens 2; grain free, enclosed in the flower- 
ing glumes. 
1. Empty glumes pubescent; panicle 1^2-3 in. long; perennial. A. odoratum. 
1. Empty glumes glabrous; panicle in. long; annual. A. piielii. 
1. Anthoxanthum odoratum L. Sw^eet Vernal-grass. A per¬ 
ennial grass wdth simple or branched erect stems, 1-2 ft. high, and 
spike-like panicles, the short branches erect or ascending. Spikelets 
brownish green, spreading at flowering-time; empty glumes sparsely 
pilose; first sterile lemma short-awned below the apex the second 
bearing a strong bent awn near its base; fertile lemma awnless. 
In fields, pastures and waste places. May-July. Ashtabula, 
Cuyahoga, Summit, Mahoning, Wayne, Franklin. From Europe. 
2. Anthoxanthum puelii Lecoq & Lamotte. Long-awmed Ver¬ 
nal-grass. An annual grass with slender stems often branching above 
the base, and with a dense spike-like panicle. Spikelets whitish green; 
empty glumes glabrous; first sterile lemma with an awn twdce as 
long as its body, pubescent below the middle, the second sterile 
lemma with an awn 2-4 times the length of its body, also pubescent 
below; fertile lemma awnless. 
In waste places. May-Aug. Hamilton County. A native of 
Europe* 
