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6. XiEPTURUS Paniculatus. Kuttall. 
Culms compressed ; leaves short, rigid, sheathing the base of the pan¬ 
icle ; panicle incurved, acutely triangular, rigid, bearing 6 to 10 com¬ 
pressed subulate spikes on one side, each one to two inches long ; spike- 
lets remote, on one side of the rachis; glumes rigidly fixed, unequal, 
parallel; paleae two, the outer of the same texture as the glumes, the 
inner membranaceous. Annual; flowering in June. Culm 1 foot high. 
Pound at Augusta, Illinois, by Dr. S. B. Mead. 
TRIBE II. PHLEOIDEiE. 
Infloresence in dense, cylindrical or one-sided spikes ; spikelets one- 
flowered ; glumes two, of nearly similar tenture with the paleae. 
GENUS 4.—ALOPECURUS, Linnceus. 
(Greek; alopex, fox, ami ura, tail, from the shape of the spike.) 
Glumes boat-shaped, strongly compressed-keeled, nearly equal, united 
at the base ; lower paleae awned on the back below the middle ; upper 
paleae wanting; stamens 3; styles mostly united; stigmas long, feathered. 
7. Alopecurus Aristulatus. Michaux. 
Syn. A. subaristatus, Pers. Wild water fox-tail. 
Glaucous ; culm decumbent below, at length bent and ascending ; pa¬ 
leae rather longer than the obtuse glumes, scarcely exceeding the awn, 
which rises from just below its middle ; anthers oblong, bright orange. 
In water, and very wet places. Perennial. Flowers June to August. 
Culms 1 to 2 feet long. Usually confounded with A. geniculatus. Grows 
naturally in Wisconsin, and also in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, on the St. 
Peters river in Minnesota, and about Lake Superior. 
Plate 3. Fig. 1. 
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A portion of the culm and leaves. 
A spike. 
A flower magnified. 
The glumes. 
Paleae and awn. 
Awn still more magnified. 
A stamen, the anther exploded. 
The germ and stigmas highly magnified. 
Section, showing the stem and sheath. 
