RF2E437AE–Phragmites australis subsp. australis Common Reed – tall buff flower plumes, January, England, UK
RM2G7RM8J–The distinctive spike-like panicles of Sweet Vernal Grass. this plant favours acidic soils and grows well on sand dunes. Also known as Hornwort
RF2X01GWW–Penstemon 'Raven' (Bird Series) deep purple, bell-shaped flowers in a garden border, catching the light
RF2KF1434–A few velvety grass with a fluffy inflorescence on the left side of the picture with orange flowers in the blurred background on the right side.
RM2AM2X7C–British grasses and their employment in agriculture . a slight keel, usually glabrousbut sometimes hairy, especially near the nodes. Blade rolledin the shoot, long, rather thin, and narrow in proportion tolength; broadest in middle, acuminate above, tapering below;. Fig. 40. Spike-like panicles of (a) Meadow Foxtail, and (b) Slender Foxtail.About nat. size. upper surface almost ribless, usually hairy, and downwards roughnear apex; lower surface .slightly keeled at base of blade. Thereare no auricles and the ligule is blunt. A variety of this specieswith the lower internodes very much thickened
RFT5X43H–Lagurus Ovatus is an annual grass with linear leaves and spike-like ovoid flowering panicles which are good for drying, vintage line drawing or engrav
RMGG2JM7–Pennisetum. A fountain grass grown for its arching, feathery, spike-like panicles.
RMPFYKGG–. Gray's new manual of botany. A handbook of the flowering plants and ferns of the central and northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. Botany. 6EAMINEAB (GRASS FAMILY) 121 19. PHAlARIS L. Canary Grass Spikelets 1-flowered, laterally flattened ; glumes equal, boat-shaped, much exceeding the florets ; sterile lemmas small and narrow, appearing like hairy scales attached to the fertile floret; fertile lemma indurated and shining in fruit, inclosing a faintly 2-nerved palea. â Annuals or perennials, with flat leaves and dense spike-like panicles. (The ancient Greek name, 0oap/s, alluding
RF2RD6RY1–Yucca plant flowers blooming on mass, pointy green leaves
RF2X01GWK–Penstemon 'Raven' (Bird Series) deep purple, bell-shaped flowers in a garden border, catching the light
RF2KF1437–A single pale green velvety grass with a fluffy inflorescence in the middle of the picture with bokeh effect and copyspace on right side and below.
RM2AWPHF0–A text-book of grasses with especial reference to the economic species of the United States . AGROSTIDE£ 201. Fig. 37. Muhlenbergia gracilis. Plant, X i--: spikelet, the floret raisedfrom the glumes, glumes and floret, X5. ^U. 2J. Dept. .gr., Div. Bot.,BuU. 26.) 202 A TEXT-BOOK OF GRASSES Epicampes (E. rigens Benth.) is of some economic im-portance in Mexico, whence it is exported, the strongfibrous roots being used to make coarse brushes. 232. Phleum L.—Timothy. A smallgenus of cold regions, recognized by thedensely cylindrical spike-like panicles, and1-flowered much-compressed spikelets. On
RMPG01RW–. Our ferns in their haunts; a guide to all the native species. Ferns. KEY TO THE GENERA. The most prominent characteristics are italicised. SECTION I. (Sporangia in spikes, panicles or berry-like structures.) * FRUITING FRONDS WHOLLY FERTILE. ouiizaQa. dtrutluopteru 1. Fruit in a one-sided spike ; plants very small; sterile frond thread like^ Curly grass. SCHiz^A. 277 y 1, Fruit in a club-shaped, thrice pin- nate, woolly, brown spike ; fronds bipinnatifid ; fruit in early spring. Flowering fern. OSMUNDA. 25 Fruit in berry-like green structures, in a twice pinnate spike; fronds broad and coars
RM2AM8HJ4–A text-book of grasses with especial reference to the economic species of the United States . AGROSTIDE^ 201. Fig. 37. Muhlenbergia gracilis. Plant, XJ^; spikelet, the floret raisedfrom the glumes, glumes and floret, X5. (U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Bot.,Bull. 26.) 202 A TEXT-BOOK OF GRASSES Epicampes (E. rigens Benth.) is of some economic im-portance in Mexico, whence it is exported, the strongfibrous roots being used to make coarse brushes. 232. Phleum L.—Timothy. A smallgenus of cold regions, recognized by thedensely cylindrical spike-like panicles, and1-flowered much-compressed spikelets. Only
RM2AM2WMH–British grasses and their employment in agriculture . Fig. 40. Spike-like panicles of (a) Meadow Foxtail, and (b) Slender Foxtail.About nat. size. upper surface almost ribless, usually hairy, and downwards roughnear apex; lower surface .slightly keeled at base of blade. Thereare no auricles and the ligule is blunt. A variety of this specieswith the lower internodes very much thickened is a troublesomeweed on some cultivated soils. It is known as Onion Couch/See Fig. 54. ch. vn] Botanical Description of Species 65 Flowers usually in June; culms 2-4 feet high. Panicle large,6-10 inches long, lea
RM2AFW8FB–. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. short mucro at sinus, upper 3-keeled.Styles short, stigmas feathery — Perennials, with stout stems, andlong, spike-like panicles. A. arenaria, L. 2f 1 or more, growing in clumps from a creep-ing, woody root-stock. Leaves long, involute, sharp-pointed. Panicle.25 to .3 long, .015 to .02 thick; glumes and pales about .01 long;mucro of lower pale as long as teeth — April — Sands; Haifa. 37. L.AGURIJS, L. Hares-Tail Grass. Spikelets laterally flattened, with onefertile flow
RM2AM2XJ6–British grasses and their employment in agriculture . airy margins.8weet scented. Abundant in Britain. Fig. 44. Spike-like panicles of Alopecums pratensis, L. showing four stages ofdevelopment. Left to right, (a) emerging from the inflated sheath, (b) withstigmas just in the receptive condition, (c) with stamens fully protruded, and(d) the post-flowering condition. About 5 nat. size. Flowers in April and May; panicle close, and spike-like. 1 to?1 inches long. Spikelets one-flowered, 8-9 mm. long. Twopairs of empty glumes are present; the lower or oute ter pair unequal ch. Ail] Botanical Descri
RM2CHNCG8–. The book of grasses : an illustrated guide to the common grasses, and the most common of the rushes and sedges . ar to the genus. Wood Muhlenbergia (Muhlenhergiasylvdiica) and Nimble Will {MuhlenhergiaSchrehert) are frequent along the bordersof woods, and in rocky places one nat-urally looks for Rock Muhlenbergia{Muhlenhergia soholifera). These areslender grasses that are usually muchbranched and that bear narrow, spike-like panicles of small, green flowers. Marsh Muhlenbergia {Muhlenhergiaracemdsa) grows in wet places and hasmuch stouter and more compact flower-ing-heads, which sometimes re
RMRDK3GK–. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 73. TRIDENS R. & S. Syst. 2: 34. 1817. [Tricuspis Beauv. Agrost. 77. 1812. Not Pers. 1807.] Usually perennial grasses, with flat or involute leaf-blades, and the inflorescence com- posed of open or contracted and sometimes spike-like panicles. Spikelets 3-many-flowered, the flowers perfect or the upper ones staminate. Scales 5-many, membranous, sometimes fi
RMRDJTR7–. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 102 LABIATAE. Vol. III. *Perennial species. Leaves toothed. t Flowers in terminal dense spike-like panicles. Calyx and bracts canescent, without long hairs. Leaves, at least the lower, obtuse or rounded at the base, not rugose-veined. i. T.canadense. Leaves narrowed at the base, rugose-veined, mostly narrowly lanceolate. 2. T. littoraie. Calyx and bracts villou
RMRDJT1K–. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 27. GRASS FMAILY. 171 27. ANTHOXANTHUM L. Sp. PI. 28. 1753. Fragrant annual or perennial grasses, with flat leaf-blades and spike-like panicles. Spike- lets i-flowered, narrow, somewhat compressed. Scales 5; the two outer acute or produced into a short awn, the first shorter than the second; third and fourth scales much shorter, 2-lobed, awned on the back
RMRH1AFD–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 65. Fig. 47. Panicum gibbum Ell. Gibbous Panic-gkass.—A stolouiferous, branchiun perennial 3 to 9 dm. high, with narrowly lanceolate, flat leaves, and densely flowered spike-like panicles 10 to 1.5 cm. long.—Low. wet groiuuls, Virginia to Florida, Tennes- see. Louisiana, and Indian Territory. [Cuba, j .June-October. 11162—No. 7 5. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly res
RMRDA6H9–. Gray's new manual of botany. A handbook of the flowering plants and ferns of the central and northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. Botany. 6EAMINEAB (GRASS FAMILY) 121 19. PHAlARIS L. Canary Grass Spikelets 1-flowered, laterally flattened ; glumes equal, boat-shaped, much exceeding the florets ; sterile lemmas small and narrow, appearing like hairy scales attached to the fertile floret; fertile lemma indurated and shining in fruit, inclosing a faintly 2-nerved palea. â Annuals or perennials, with flat leaves and dense spike-like panicles. (The ancient Greek name, 0oap/s, alluding
RMRH178F–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 257. Fig. 239. DLssanthelium californicum (Niitt.) Beiith.; Beal, Grasses X. Am., 2 : 473 {Stenin-Jdua califoniica Xntt.).^A slender, glabrous, brauchiug aunual 1 to 3 dm. high, with short, narrow leaves and coutracted, spike-like panicles 4 to 8 cm. long.—Santa Catalina Island, southern California, aud Guadaloupe Islands, Lower California. September. 11162—No. 7 17. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of thes
RMRH149M–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 99. Fig. 81. Phalaris angusta >.'ees (/'. intermidia angunta Cbapm.). California Timothy.—A stout grass 6 to li dm. high, with nar- row, densely flowerod, spike-like panicles G to 12 cm. long.—In wet places, South Carolina and Louisiana to southern California. [South America.] May. Cultivated to a limited extent in the Southern States.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perf
RMRH18FT–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 164. Fig. 14(3. Calamagrostis tweedyi Sciibu.; Heal, (irassos N. Am., 2:348.—A stout peienuial 7 to 10 diu. liigli, with rather broad, llat leaves and densely flowered, spike-like panicles 8 to 12 cm. long.—Cascade Mountains, Washington.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. United States. Division of Agrostology. Washington, D. C. : The Divi
RMRDK3XR–. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 212 GRAMINEAE. Vol. I.. 46. AMMOPHILA Host. Gram. Austr. 4: 24. pi. 41. 1809. Tall perennial grasses with flat leaf-blades, convolute above, and dense spike-like panicles. Spikelets i-flowered, the rachilla prolonged beyond the flower and hairy. Scales 3, rigid, chartaceous, acute, keeled; the 2 outer empty, the lower i-nerved, the upper 3-nerved; third scale s
RMRH196M–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 127. Fig. 109. Muhlenbergia schafFneri Founi; Beal, Grasses N. Am., 2: 239.—A low, cii'spitose, branching annual 2 to 10 cm. high, witli short leaves and simple, spike-like panicles. Awn of the flowering glume 1 to 7 lines long.—" Dry, gravelly patches of thin soil," mountains of Arizona and New Mexico. [Mexico.] September.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly
RMRGY10N–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 65. Fig. 47. Panicum gibbum Ell. Gibbous Panic-GHAss.—A stoloniferous, brauchiug perennial 3 to 9 dm. high, with narrowly lanceolate, flat leaves, and densely flowered .spike-like panicles 10 to 15 cm. long.—Low, wet grounds, Virginia to Florida, Tennes- see, Louisiana, and Indian Territory. [Cuba.J June-October. 18337—No. 7 5. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemb
RMRH1PBH–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 99. Fk;. 81. Phalaris angusta Nees (P. intermedia artgiista Chapm.). Califokma Timothy.—A stout grass 6 to 14 dm. high, with nar- row, densely flowered, spike-like panicles 6 to 12 cm. long.—In wet places, South Carolina and Louisiana to southern California. [South America.] May. Cultivated to a limited extent in the Southern States.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly
RMRH13KX–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 131. Fig. 113. Heleochloa schoenoides (L.) Host (Phleiim sclujcn- oides L.; Cri/jisis schanoides Lam.). Rush-like Timothy'.—A diffusely branching ciespitose annual 1 to 3 dm. high, with in- flated sheaths, rather short, spreading leaves, and densely How- ered ovate, or oblong, spike-like panicles.—Waste ground about New York City, Philadelphia, etc., sparingly naturalized. [Europe and Asia.] July, August.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readabi
RMRH11XA–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 257. Fig. 239. Dissanthelium californicum (Xutt.) Benth.; Beal. Grasses N. Am., 2 : 473 (Stenochlua californica Nutt.).—A slender, glabrous, branching annual 1 to 3 dm. high, with short, narrow leaves and contracted, spike-like panicles 4 to 8 cm. long.—Santa Catalina Island, southern California, and Guadaloupe Islands, Lower California. September. 18337—No. 7 17. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these i
RMRH194H–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 131. Fig. 113. Heleochloa schoenoides (L.) Host (Phleum schcen- oides L.; Crypsis schanoidea Lam.). Rush-like Timothy.—A diffusely branching ciespitose annual 1 to 3 dm. Hgh, with in- flated sheaths, rather short, spreading leaves, and densely flow- ered ovate, or oblong, spike-like panicles.—Waste ground about New York City, Philadelphia, etc., sparingly naturalized. [Europe and Asia.] July, August.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability
RMRDK35X–. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 82. GRASS FAMILY. 245 82. KOELERIA Pers. Syn. 1: 97. 1805. Tufted annual or perennial grasses, with flat or setaceous leaf-blades and mostly spike- like panicles. Spikelets 2-5-flowered. Two lower scales empty, narrow, acute, unequal, keeled, scarious on the margins; the flowering scales 3-5-nerved. Palet hyaline, acute, 2-keeled. Stamens 3. Styles very s
RMRDK3XK–. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 46. AMMOPHILA Host. Gram. Austr. 4: 24. pi. 41. 1809. Tall perennial grasses with flat leaf-blades, convolute above, and dense spike-like panicles. Spikelets i-flowered, the rachilla prolonged beyond the flower and hairy. Scales 3, rigid, chartaceous, acute, keeled; the 2 outer empty, the lower i-nerved, the upper 3-nerved; third scale s-nerved, with a ring of
RMRH13CB–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 155. Fig. 137. Agrostis densifloraVasey; Contrib. U, S. Nat. Herb., 3: 72 (1892); Beal, Grasses N. Am., 2: 326. Dexsely-flowehed Bent.—A rather stout, cii'spitose perennial 1..5 to 4.5 dm. bigb, with short and comparatively broad It-aves and densely, many- flowered, almost spike like panicles 3 to 8 cm. long.—Oregon and California, along the coast, apparently rare. July, August.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appea
RMRH10MM–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 170. Fig. 466. Sporobolus vaginaeflorus (Torr.) Wood, Classltook of Bot. 775. 1861. {nifa nujhia'jlora, Torr. 1834.) Southern I'ovKRTY-GRASs.—A slender, ca-spitose anuiial, 1.5 to 4 dm. high, with very narrow, short leaves and simple, few-flowered, terminal and axillary, spike-like panicles wliicli an> abont 2 cm. long and mostly inclosed in the somewhat inllated leaf-sheaths. Spikelets 2 to 4 mm. long.—Dry flelds and waste places, Vermont to South Dakota and Wyoming, southAvard to Georgia and Texas. August, September,.
RMRH11K8–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 107. Fig. 403. Chaetochloa verticillata (Linu.-) Scribn. U. S. Dept. AgT., Div. AgTos., Bull. 4 : 39. 1897. (raiiicum rerticiUaium Linu.; Setaria rerticillnta I'.eauv.) Bristly Foxtail.—A leafy, upright annual 3 to 6 dm. Ligb, much branclied near the base, with rather slender, spike-like panicles 2 to 6 cm. long. Bristles as long as or a little exceeding the spikelets, downwardly barbed.—Fields and waste places, New England to Virginia and Kentucky, westward to South Dakota and Nebraska. Naturalized from Europe. June- Sept
RMRH18P5–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 150. ?nS> Fig. 132. Polypogon monspeliensis (L.) Desf. Bkard- GRASS.—A smooth annual iVom a few centimeters to 6 to 9 dm. liigb, -with awued l-liowered spikelets crowded in dense spike- like panicles.—In ilelds and waste places, sparingly naturalized along the Atlantic Coast from Xew Hampshire to South Carolina; abundantly on the Pacific Slope from California to Vancouver Island, and in Arizona, Nevada, and Colorado. [Europe and Asia.] April-Octol)er.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images
RMRH1393–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 164. Fig. 146. Calamagrostis tv^reedyi Scribn.; li«;:il, (irasses N. Am., 2: 348.—A stout pen-iiiiial 7 to 10 dm. liifj;li, with rather broad, Hat Ieav»'s and densely llowered, spike-like panicles 8 to 12 cm. long.—Cascade Mountains, Washington.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. United States. Division of Agrostology. Washington, D. C. :
RMRH18YJ–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 138. Fig. 120. Sporobolus longifolius (Torr.) Wood; Brittou aud Brown, 111. FL, 1: 151. Long-leafed Sporoholus.—A stout pcr- ennial 3.5 to 10 dm. bigli, with very long, attenuate-pointed leaves, and strict, spike-like panicles 3 to 10 inches long, which are more or less included in the inflated leaf sheaths.—Dry, sandy soil, Maine to Pennsylvania, South Dakota iind Utah, south to Texas and Florida. August-October.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced fo
RMRH14N2–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 83. Fig. 65. Cheetochloa viridis (L.) Scribn. {Panicum riride L., Setaria viridis Beauv.). Greex Foxtail.—A branching, leafy annual 3 to 6 dm. liigb, with bristly, densely many-flowered, spike-like panicles 5 to 10 cm. long. Bristk-s usually green and spikelets smaller than in Yellow Foxtail (Cheetochloa glaucaJ.—A weed in cultivated and waste grounds; naturalized from Europe. June-October.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - colorati
RMRH1PF7–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 83. Fig. 65. Chaetochloa viridis (L.) Scribn. (Panicum rirUle L.. Setarid viridis Beauv.). Greex Foxtail.—A brauching, leafy aunual 3 to 6 dm. bigb, with bristly, densely many-flowered, spike-like panicles 5 to 10 cm. long. Bristles usuallj^ green and spikelets smaller tban in Yellow Foxtail (Clurtochloa (jlanca).—A weed in cultivated and waste grounds; naturalized from Europe. June-October.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - colorat
RMREEYWA–. Common weeds of the Canadian Prairies;. Weeds. Artemisia absinthium L. ABSINTHE A shrubby perennial to 4 feet high, with much-branched, finely hairy stems. Leaves 2 to 5 inches long, divided into oblong or ovate segments, with fine-grayish hairs. Flower heads stalked, drooping, in spike-like panicles. Some- times found in waste places as an escape from gardens.. Artemisia biennis Willd. BIENNIAL WORMWOOD An annual or biennial 1 to 4 feet high, with coarse, somewhat reddish, hairless stems. The early rosette leaves are divided two or three times into toothed segments, stem leaves and upper le
RMRH10K0–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 174. Fig. 470. Sporobolus virginicus Kunth, Revis. Gram. 1: til. 183:"5. (Agro8tisrir(iinicaL>um.) Seasidk Rush-grass.—Adecuin- bent, or ereft and more or less branching, b-afv ]> to 6 dm. high, with bnig, creeping rootstocks and densely Ibiwered, spike-like panicles 3 to 6 cm. long. Spikelets 2 to 3 mm. long.— Sandy shores Virginia to Florida, westward to Texas. [Mcvico and West Indies.] August-September.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced
RMRH18KX–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 155. Fig. 137. Agiostis densifloraVasey; Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb., 3: 72 (1892); Beal, Grasses N. Am., 2 : 326. Dexsely-flowki.ed Bent.—A rather stout, ca'spitose pereiiuial 1.5 to 4.5 dm. high, with short aud comparatively broad leaves aud densely, many- flowered, almost spike like panicles 3 to 8 cm. long.—Oregon and California, along the coast, apparently rare. July, August.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appea
RMRGY0G1–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 188. Fi<;. 120. Sporobolus longifolius (Torr.) Wood; Britton and Brown, 111. I'l., 1: 151. Lo.vii-i.EAi- i:d Si-orohoh-s.—A stout per- ennial 3.5 to 10 (Uu. high, with very long, attenuate-pointed leaves, and strict, spike-like panicles 3 to 10 inches long, which are more or less included in the iiillated leaf sheath.s.—Dry, sandy soil, Maine to Pennsylvania, f^oiith Dakota and Utah, south to Texas and Florida. August-October.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digit
RMRH0YYA–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 221. Fig. 517. Anthochloa colusaua (Davy), Scribuer, u. comb. {Stapfm colusana Davy, Eryth. 6:110. 1898; Neostapfia colusana Davy, Eryth. 7:43. 1899.)—A densely ca>spitose, spreading or ascending, glabrous annual (?) with loose sheaths, rather short, flat leaves, and densely flowered, oblong or cylindrical, spike-like panicles 3 to 7 cm. long. Spikelets (a) usually 3- to 5-flowered, 6 to 7 mm. long, with verj' broad, flabelliform, ciliate-fringed flow- ering glumes (c) about 5 mm. long. Lower empty glumes, when present,
RMRH10W8–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 154. Fig. 450. Lycurus phleoides HBK. Nov. Geu. 1: 142, t. 45. 1S15. Tkxax Timothy.—A slender and somewhat wiry perennial 2 to 4.5dMi. high, much brauchL'd and often geniculate at the base, with narrow, long-pointed leaves and cylindrical, spike-like panicles 3 to 6 cm. long. Spikelets 4 mm. long, with awned glumes, the iirst glume (C) often terminating in two unequal awiis, the flowering glume terminating in an awn as long as its(df.—Dry soil on the plains and mesas, Colorado to Texas and westward to New Mexico and Arizon
RMREF1H2–. Common edible and useful plants of the West. Plants, Edible -- West (U. S. ); Botany, Economic; Botany -- West (U. S. ). Buckwheat Famo Similar to several other buckwheat shrubs, but this species has shred- dy bark. 2-3' high, with woody base; the numerous leaves densel5'-white-wool- ly beneath, green above, and smooth. Uses of Buckwheat are described on page 37 un- der H-9. S -4o SHADSCALE SALTBUSH, Atriplex canescens. Saltbush Famo A roundish and gray bush, 1-5' high, with flowers in narrow spike-like panicles, gray to dull green; the leaves covered with tiny white hairs and bran-like scal
RMREF1H9–. Common edible and useful plants of the West. Plants, Edible -- West (U. S. ); Botany, Economic; Botany -- West (U. S. ). SHRUBS 17 S-3. BUSH, ciculatum BUCKWHEAT, Eriogonum fas- FLOWERS PINKISH WHITE. Buckwheat Famo Similar to several other buckwheat shrubs, but this species has shred- dy bark. 2-3' high, with woody base; the numerous leaves densel5'-white-wool- ly beneath, green above, and smooth. Uses of Buckwheat are described on page 37 un- der H-9. S -4o SHADSCALE SALTBUSH, Atriplex canescens. Saltbush Famo A roundish and gray bush, 1-5' high, with flowers in narrow spike-like panicles,
RMRH1973–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 126. Fig. 108. Muhlenbergia filiculmis Vasey; Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 1: 267; Beal,Grasses N. Am., 2 : 250. Thread-like Muhlen- bergia.—A low, tufted perennial with lililbrni scape-like culms 1.5 to 3..") dm. biffb, setaceous radical leaves and narrow, spike-like panicles 2 to 5 cm. long.—Sandy soil, Ute Pass, El Paso County, in moist i)rairies at Como, Park County, and on the mesas at Twin Lakes, Lake County, Colorado; alt. 2,000 to 3,000 m. July-t?ep- tember.. Please note that these images are extracted from scann
RMRH0XN5–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 282. Fig. 578. Festuca microstachys Nutt. Jouni. Acad. (n. ser.) 1:187. 1848; Vasey 111. N. Am. Grasses, 2:91.) Smali.-toi'Peu Fkscuk.—A slender, c:i-spitosc annual 1 to i dm. hif^h, with nar- row, filiform leaves and simple, racemose or spike-like panicles 2 to 10 cm. long. Spikelets 1- to 5-flowered with nearly equal empty glumes and awned flowering glumes 4 to 0 mm. long; awu 6 to 10 mm. long.—Utah, Nevada, and Idaho to Vancouver Island, southward to Arizona and southern California. April- .June.. Please note that these
RMRH13NP–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 126. Fig. 108. Muhlenbergia filiculmis Vasey; Contrib. F. S. Nat. Herb. 1: 267; Beal,Grasses N. Am., 2 : 250. Thread-like Muhlen- bergia.—A low, tufted jjereunial with liliform scape-like culms 1.5 to 3.5 dm. high, setaceous lailical leaves and narrow, spike-like panicles 2 to 5 cm. long.—Sandy soil, Ute Pass, El Paso County, in moist prairies at Como, Paik County, and on the mesas at Twin Lakes, Lake County, Colorado; alt. 2,000 to 3,000 m. July-bep- tember.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page i
RM2AWPD1F–A text-book of grasses with especial reference to the economic species of the United States . Fig. .50. Cortaderia argen-tea. A group of inflorescencesgreatly reduced; glumes ofpistillate spikelet (a), floretsof pistillate spikelet (b), glumes(c), and florets dl) of staminatespikelet. XI. (U. S. Dept. Agr.,Div. Agrcst., Bull. 20.) FESTUCE^ 225. ditches from Texas to Cali-fornia. 248. Eragrostis Host.âA large genus of over 100species, found throughoutthe warmer regions of theworld. Annuals or peren-nials with open, narrow orspike-like panicles; spike-lets many - flowered, awn-less; rachilla usu
RM2AM8DXN–A text-book of grasses with especial reference to the economic species of the United States . FESTUCEJE 225. ditches from Texas to Cali-fornia. 248. Eragrostis Host.—A large genus of over 100species, found throughoutthe warmer regions of theworld. Annuals or peren-nials with open, narrow orspike-like panicles; spike-lets many-flowered, awn-less; rachilla usually con-tinuous, the paleas oftenpersistent after the fall ofthe lemmas and fruits. Sev-eral species are weeds intro-duced from the Old World.One of these, E. cilianensis(All.) Link {E. megastachya(Koel.) Link) (Fig. 51),called snake-grass
RM2CHJ624–. The book of grasses : an illustrated guide to the common grasses, and the most common of the rushes and sedges . theerect, bunch-like inflorescence of crowded spike-lets. Floating Manna-grass is often found in shal-low, running water, but the long panicles bearlittle resemblance to the flowering-heads ofNerved Manna-grass or Rattlesnake Grass.The spikelets of Floating Manna-grass are longand narrow, and the branches, at first closelyappressed, at last spread rather stiffly from thestem. The manna crop of Germany and Polandis gathered from a species similar to this, andthe seeds are there con
RMRH174G–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 266. Fig. 248. Eragrostis ciliaris (i>.) Link (I'oa ciliaris L.)-—A ditil'usely braiuliiny, sleuder annual 2 to 5 clni. liigb, with thin, narrow leaves and densely flowered, cylindrical, spike-like, more or less iiiterrnpted panicles 5 to 10 cm. long.—Cultivated and waste ground, Georgia and Florida to Mississippi. [Mexico, West Indies, and Asia.] .July-October.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these
RMRDK3WG–. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 214 GRAMINEAE. Vol. I. 49. NOTHOHOLCUS Nash. [Holcus L. Sp. PL 1047, in part. 1753.] Annual or perennial grasses with flat leaf-blades and spike-like or open panicles. Spike- lets deciduous, 2-flowered; lower flower perfect, upper staminate. Scales 4; the 2 lower empty, membranous, keeled, the first i-nerved, the second 3-nerved and often short-awned; flowering
RMRH17HE–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 239. Fig. 221. Pappophorum wrightii S. Wats. (P. iorealeTorv., not Griseb.); Beal, Grasses N. Am., 2: 448. Purple-grass.—A slen- der, branching and apparently annual species 2 to 4 dm. high, with narrow, involute leaves and densely dowered, spike-like, lead-colored or purplish panicles 1 to 7 cm. long.—Rockj- hills, canyons, and open plains, western Texas to Arizona. [Northern Mexico.] July-September.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability
RMRE0NK7–. Flowers of the field. Botany. 294 PETALOIDE^. Sagittaria Sagittifoi.ia {Common Arrow- head) shaped leaves, and whorled panicles of delicate, flesh - coloured flowers, both of which rise 6-8 inches out of the water. Rivers and ditches; not uncommon.—Fl. July to September. Perennial. Natural Order LXXXIX JUNCAGINACE^.—Arrow-Grass Tribe Flowers perfect ; sepals and petals alike, green and small; stamens 6 ; ovaries 3-6, superior, united or distinct; carpels 3-6, i to 2-secdcd. A small Order of marsh plants, with linear leaves, all pro- ceeding from the root, and spike-like clusters of inconspic
RMRE0NJW–. Flowers of the field. Botany. Sagittaria Sagittifoi.ia {Common Arrow- head) shaped leaves, and whorled panicles of delicate, flesh - coloured flowers, both of which rise 6-8 inches out of the water. Rivers and ditches; not uncommon.—Fl. July to September. Perennial. Natural Order LXXXIX JUNCAGINACE^.—Arrow-Grass Tribe Flowers perfect ; sepals and petals alike, green and small; stamens 6 ; ovaries 3-6, superior, united or distinct; carpels 3-6, i to 2-secdcd. A small Order of marsh plants, with linear leaves, all pro- ceeding from the root, and spike-like clusters of inconspicuous flowers. Fo
RMRDE727–. Our ferns in their haunts; a guide to all the native species. Ferns. KEY TO THE GENERA. The most prominent characteristics are italicised. SECTION I. (Sporangia in spikes, panicles or berry-like structures.) * FRUITING FRONDS WHOLLY FERTILE. ouiizaQa. dtrutluopteru 1. Fruit in a one-sided spike ; plants very small; sterile frond thread like^ Curly grass. SCHiz^A. 277 y 1, Fruit in a club-shaped, thrice pin- nate, woolly, brown spike ; fronds bipinnatifid ; fruit in early spring. Flowering fern. OSMUNDA. 25 Fruit in berry-like green structures, in a twice pinnate spike; fronds broad and coars
RMREMH1R–. Our ferns in their haunts [microform] : a guide to all the native species. Ferns; Fougères. KEY TO THE GENERA. The most prominent characteristics are italicised. SECTION 1. (Sporangia in spikes, panicles or berry-like structures.) ? KRITITINO FRONDS WHOLLY KKRTILK. PACK. i. Fruit in a one-sided spike; plants very small; sterile frond thread like. Curly grass. ScHiZiEA. 277 1. Fruit in a club-shaped, thrice pin- nate, woolly, brown spike; fronds bipinnatifid ; fruit in early spring. Flowering fern. OSMUNDA. 25 ?. Fruit in berrylike green structures, in a twice pinnate spike; fronds broad and
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