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POACEAE 



5. Phalaris brachystachys Link. 

 Short-spiked Canary-grass. Fig. 256. 



Phalaris brachystachys Link, Neu. Journ. Bot. Schrad. 1': 

 134. 1806. 



Annual ; culms 30-60 cm. tall ; panicle ovate, about 

 2.5 cm. long; glumes about 6 mm. long, similar to 

 those of P. caiiariensis; fertile lemma 4-5 mm. long, 

 densely short-villous ; sterile lemmas short, brown, 

 ovate, equal, about 7 mm. long. 



Introduced in California (Nelson, Butte County, Heller), 

 and on ballast at Linnton, Oregon (Nelson). A native of 

 the Mediterranean region. Type locality, European. 



6. Phalaris canariensis L. 



Canary Grass. Fig. 257. 



Phalaris canariensis L. Sp. PL 54. 1753. 



Annual; culms erect, 30-60 cm. tall; panicle 

 ovate to oblong-ovate, 1.5-3 cm. long, pale with 

 green markings; glumes 7-8 mm. long, widened 

 above, smooth or sparsely villous, the keel promi- 

 nently winged above, the wing entire or some- 

 what sinuous, the keel on each side at base of the 

 white wing marked by a green stripe, the lateral 

 nerves approaching the margin ; fertile lemma 

 elliptic, acute, densely short-villous, 5-6 mm. 

 long; sterile lemmas about half as long as fertile. 



Introduced occasionally, from Washington to Cali- 

 fornia and eastward. A native of the Mediterranean 

 region. June-Aug. Type locality: Canary Islands. 



7. Phalaris lemmoni Vasey. 

 Lemmon's Canary-grass. Fig. 258. 



Phalaris lemmoni Vasey, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 3: 42. 1892. 



Annual; culms erect, 30-90 cm. tall; panicle dense, 

 5-10 cm. long; glumes about 5 mm. long, narrow, 

 acuminate, the lateral nerves about midway between 

 margin and keel; fertile lemma ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, dark-colored at maturity, villous except the 

 acuminate tip. 3.5 mm. long; sterile lemmas less than 

 one-third as long. 



Central and southern California near the coast. Transition 

 Zone. Apr.-May. Type locality: Santa Cruz. 



