DESCRIPTIVE MANUAL 



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WATER FREE SUBSTANCE 



Marsh Muhlenberg (Muldcnbergia racemosa (Mx.) B. S. P.). 



Description. — A rather stout, upright perennial, with very tough 

 and densely scaly root-stocks, nearly simple culms, 2-3 ft. high, and 

 densely flowered panicles, 2-4 in. long* spikelets 2-3 lines long, the 

 long, acuminate-pointed outer glumes nearly equal and exceeding 

 the very acute flowering glume, which is densely bearded at the 

 base. 



Pig. 19. Marsh Muhlenberg, Drop-seed Grass, Wild Timothy, and frequently 

 called Orchard Grass (Muhlenbergia racemosa). Common in gardens, or- 

 chards, and especially in grain fields in low grounds. 

 (Photographed by Hart.) 



