Uniola
(from unus, one; so-called by Linnaeus owing to the union of the glumes). Spike Grass. SYNS. Chasmanthium, Trisiola. ORD. Gramineae. A small genus (four species) of hardy and half-hardy, perennial Grasses, natives of North America. Spikelets closely many-flowered, very flat and two-angled; glumes lanceolate, compressed-keeled; stamens three; panicles sometimes elongated, sometimes ample, loose or dense. Leaves flat or convolute. Perhaps the most ornamental species are described below. Seeds should be sown, in early spring, in the open border.
U. latifolia (broad-leaved). fl. acute, ciliated on the keel, all but the lowest perfect and monandrous; spikelets at length oblong, 1 1/2in. to 2in. long, hanging on long pedicels; panicle loose. August. l. nearly 1in. broad, flat. Culm 2ft. to 4ft. high. (B. H. vii., p. 192.) U. paniculata (prominent-panicled). fl. glabrous, bluntish, several of the lower ones sterile, the fertile ones with three stamens; spikelets ovate, 1 1/2in. to 2in. long, on short pedicels; panicle open, elongated. l. narrow, convolute when dry. Culm elongated. h. 4ft. to 8ft.