. 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. 1. Alopecurus myosuroides Huds. Slender Fox- tail. Fig. 458. Alopecurus myosuroides Huds. Fl. Angl. 23. 1762. Alopecurus agrestis L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 89. 1762. Smooth or slightly scabrous, culms i°-2° tall, erect, simple. Sheaths shorter than the internodes; ligule 1" long, truncate; blades \\'-f long, i"~3" wide, scabrous, especially above; spike
. 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. 1. Alopecurus myosuroides Huds. Slender Fox- tail. Fig. 458. Alopecurus myosuroides Huds. Fl. Angl. 23. 1762. Alopecurus agrestis L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 89. 1762. Smooth or slightly scabrous, culms i°-2° tall, erect, simple. Sheaths shorter than the internodes; ligule 1" long, truncate; blades \\'-f long, i"~3" wide, scabrous, especially above; spike ii'-4' long, 2"-^' thick; outer scales of the spikelet united at the base for about half their length, narrowly wing-keeled, 2"-2i" long, the nerves smooth or scabrous, sometimes hispid below, especially on the keel; third scale equalling or slightly exceeding the outer ones, smooth and glabrous, the awn inserted near the base, about twice its length, bent. In waste places and ballast, southern Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Adventive from Europe. Native also of Asia. July-Aug. Mousetail; Bennet-weed. Black bent. Black couch-grass. Hunger-grass. 2. Alopecurus geniculates L. Alopecurus geniculatus L. Sp. PI. 60. 1753. Glabrous or very nearly so, culms 6'-l8' tall, usually decumbent at the base, simple or sparingly branched, smooth. Sheaths usually shorter than the internodes, loose or somewhat inflated; ligule li"-3" long; blades rarely exceeding 3' long, V-2" wide, rough, especially above; spikes i's' in length, 2"-4" thick; outer scales of the spikelet slightly united at the base, ii"-ii" long, obtuse or subacute, smooth, glabrous except on the pubescent lateral nerves and strongly ciliate keel; third scale somewhat shorter, obtuse, smooth and glabrous, the awn inserted about i above the base of the scale, and extending for about 1" beyond the spikelet. In wet soil, Newfoundland to Kansas, south to
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