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I'lG. 511. Eragrostis major llust, Gram. Austr. 4: 14, pi. 24. 

 1809. {Eragrostis poaokhs var. mefiasiachiia A. Gray.) C.\ndy- 

 GUASS- — A rather showy, much-branched aunual, with erect or 

 ascendiug stems 1.5 to 9 dm. high. Spikelets (a, b) 5- to 40-flow- 

 ered, 5 to 16 mm. long and about 3 mm. wide. — Naturalized in 

 cultivated or waste ground, usually in sandy soil, almost every- 

 where in the United States and in Ontario. [Europe, Asia, 

 naturalized in tropical America.] .June-October. 



