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Fig. 408. Zizauiopsis miliacea (Michx.) Doell »fc Aschers. 

 {Zi:an\a mUiacca ^licbx. Flor. Bor. Am. 1 : 74. 1S03.) W.\.TER 

 -Millet. — A .stout, erect, glabrous, semiiK^iiatic grass 12 to 45 dm. 

 liigh, from long, creeping rootstocks, ^Yith long, broad leaves and 

 dense panicles 30 to 45 cm. long. Spikelets staminate (c) and 

 pistillate {u,h), the former 6 to 8 mm. long, awnless, the latter 

 about 6 mm. long, the outer glume with an awn 2 to 6 mm. long. — 

 .Swamps, etc., Florida to Texas and (according to Kiddell) north- 

 ward to r)bi<). May-August. 



