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other leads seem less so: Scales blunt v alutest
thex; perigynia (not all aristate etc) and
perigynia not all compressed but plump v
inflated. Perigynia a light, bright green (some
now brownish toward the tip, about 2.3mm long
of which about .8 mm is definite scales, with 2
definite teeth. Scales with hyaline borders, brown
with green center. Lower sterile shoots overtop culm
but lower culms alother than culm. Low perigynia-
what nodulose. Uppermost spike secdle with
often an alutaceous tract, lower spike (when
present) short peduncled, erect with a bract which
is sheathless, erect to divergent v reacher almost
to tip of spike.
Culms about 10 in high, rather sharp edged,
smooth below but roughened belownfl.
low rough on edges toward tip. Basal sheaths
reddish v becoming filamentose. Shoots arise
at short intervals or running rootstock making
a dense clump. [See 8-19-37 ? C. miliaei Mielx
and 9-11-37
8-7-37 continued
Phalaris arundinacea L. G 151
Poa compressa L. G 155, BUBI 259. Fl. On down-river
tip island at D.P. One plant only found with inf
not well developed. No doubt of ident. Rock bank creep-
ing. St. def flattened. St. v low. def. blunt. Spikelets
3mm long. lemmas with no webby hairs at base