A text-book of grasses with especial reference to the economic species of the United States . nder-colored plume, is occasionally cultivated. A relatedplant, the uva-grass Gynerium sagittatum (Aubl.) Beauv. {G. sac-char oides Humb. & Bonpl.), sometimescultivated, is a tall coarse leafy reed,12 to 30 feet high, with creeping root-stocks, the lower leaves soon dropping,leaving the stem naked below. Tropi-cal America; not hardy. 247. Arundo L.— species found in the UnitedStates, A. Donax L., is a tallstout reed, 5 to 10 feet high, withsomewhat woody finally much-branched stem, broad
A text-book of grasses with especial reference to the economic species of the United States . nder-colored plume, is occasionally cultivated. A relatedplant, the uva-grass Gynerium sagittatum (Aubl.) Beauv. {G. sac-char oides Humb. & Bonpl.), sometimescultivated, is a tall coarse leafy reed,12 to 30 feet high, with creeping root-stocks, the lower leaves soon dropping,leaving the stem naked below. Tropi-cal America; not hardy. 247. Arundo L.— species found in the UnitedStates, A. Donax L., is a tallstout reed, 5 to 10 feet high, withsomewhat woody finally much-branched stem, broad claspingblades and large plumes or pani- FiG. .50. Cortaderia argen- . ^. /• , i -xir ^•l^ tea. A group of inflorescences clCS. A UatlVe 01 the Medlter-greatly reduced; glumes of . li- i i • j^i pistillate spikeiet (a), florets raucau rcgiou, cultivatcd m the of pistillate spikelet (6), glumes ^, ? ? /• j t^ (c), and florets id) of staminate southcm statcs lor omameut. It spikelet, XI. (T. S. Dept. Agr., , , , .... Div. Agrost., Bull. 20.) has escaped along irrigation. FESTUCEJE 225
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