Isoetes palustris, Erianthus giganteus and Thalia geniculata. From Wordnik.com. [Cuban wetlands] Reference
“Erianthus the Theban gave his vote to pull down the city, and turn the country into sheep-pasture.” —. From Wordnik.com. [Hellenica] Reference
Along the lake shores, large areas are occupied by the reed (Phragmites spp.), cattail (Typha sp.), Erianthus, Tamarix, Halimodendron, and licorice (Glycyrrhiza spp.). From Wordnik.com. [Central Asian riparian woodlands] Reference
Try Miscanthus, Panicum, or Calamagrostis genus or plume grass (Erianthus raennae). From Wordnik.com. [Fort Frances Times Online -] Reference
"Erianthus the Theban gave his vote to pull down the city, and turn the country into sheep-pasture.". From Wordnik.com. [Hellenica] Reference
Later investigation, however, revealed the fact that this is the Cherokee name of a reed of the genus Erianthus, and the inference follows that the stalk of the plant was formerly used for arrow shafts. From Wordnik.com. [Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891] Reference
Some writers say that he actually consulted the allies about the advisability of selling the whole population for slaves, in which debate the Theban Erianthus proposed to destroy the city and make the site of it a sheep walk. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Lives, Volume II] Reference
Erianthus, fulvo aff. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia] Reference
Erianthus Ravennæ. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)] Reference
Among the different high grass species, Saccharum spontaneum, S. naranga, Imperata cylindrica, Erianthus spp. From Wordnik.com. [Kaziranga National Park, India] Reference
Sagittaria Vandelliae, Poae 3, Apluda, Cyperaceae, Saccharum megala, and spontaneum, Elytrophorus, Ammannia, Erianthus, Cnicus!. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Rottboellia, Andropogons, Erianthus, Saccharum, Anthistiria, and the trees are scattered consisting of Arborescent Leguminosae, Sterculia. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
A little below this, Hastingsia, common, Desmodium hispidisum, Artemisia minor, Briedelia, Mimosa, and several Compositae: we continued descending very steeply, and observed Holcus elegans, Melica latifolia, Erianthus. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Of grasses, besides the canes, Paspalum, 10 species; Panicum, 25 to 27 species; Uniola, 3 species; Andropogon, 7 species; Erianthus, 2 species; Elymus, 2 species; Arisdidia, 5 to 6 species; Sporobolus, 3 species; Leersia, 4 species and Zizania, 2 species. From Wordnik.com. [North Carolina and its Resources.] Reference
The grasses of the enormous plains, so prevalent every where in this direction, are Kagaia, Megala, Vollookher, Saccharum spontaneum, this is soft grass, and affords an excellent cover for game, Cymbopogon hirsutum, which is more common than the C. arundinaceum, Erianthus, Airoides. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
In the Nepal Terai, which include the tallest grasslands in the world, characteristic species include Saccharum spontaneum, Saccharum benghalesis, Phragmitis kharka, Arundo donax, Narenga porphyracoma, Themeda villosa, Themeda arundinacea, and Erianthus ravennae and shorter species such as Imperata cylindrica, Andropogon spp., and Aristida ascensionis. From Wordnik.com. [Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands] Reference
And some state, in fact, the proposal was made in the congress of the allies, that the Athenians should all be sold as slaves; on which occasion, Erianthus, the Theban, gave his vote to pull down the city, and turn the country into sheep-pasture; yet afterwards, when there was a meeting of the captains together, a man of Phocis, singing the first chorus in. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans] Reference
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