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4. Phalaris minor Retz. (Fig. 1121.) Resembling P. cana- 

 riensis; panicle ovate-oblong, 2 to 5 cm long; spikelets narrower, not 

 so conspicuously striped; glumes 4 to 6 mm long, the wing of the keel 

 narrower- fertile lemma lance-ovate, about 3 mm long, acute; sterile 



Figure 1118— Phalaris canariensis. Plant, X Vi\ spikelet and floret, X 5. (Mearns 3376, Wyo.) 



lemma solitary, about 1 mm long. G —Fields and waste places, 

 New Brunswick to New Jersey, rare; Louisiana and Texas; Colorado; 

 ballast, near Portland, Oreg.; frequent in California (fig. 1122); 

 introduced from the Mediterranean region. 



