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Fig. 208. Beckmaiinia erucasforniis (L.) Host {I'halnria erHO(r- 

 formis Linu.)- Si-oiKiii-iiUASs. — A stout, erect, subaqiuitic peren- 

 nial 3 to 12 dm. high, with narrow panicles composed of many, 

 densely flowered one-sided spikes. — In sloughs and along the 

 banks of rivers and streams, western Ontario to Iowa, California, 

 British Columbia, and Alaska. [Knrope and Asia.] .hme-Sep- 

 teraber. 



