416 



WEED FLORA OF IOWA 



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Figure 248 A 



Figure 248B 



Fig. 248. Wild Oats (Avena fatua). a, spikelet ; b, floret; c, natural size. 

 (A, after Hillman, Bull. Nev. Agr. Exp. Sta. ; B, Bull. Mich. Agr. Exp. Sta.) 



Crowfoot or Goose Grass (Eleusine indica Gaertn.). 



Spikelets closely imbricated, l%-2 lines (3%-5 mm.) long, 3-6- 

 flowered ; glumes obtuse, the first small, 1-nerved, the second larger, 

 with flowering glumes 3-5-nerved ; seeds rugose, enclosed within a 

 thin, loose pericarp. 



Figure 249B 



Fig. 249. A. Crowfoot or Goose Grass (Eleusine indica) 



views of seed. 



B. Tufted Eragrostis (Eragrostis pilosa) , a, spikelet; b. fruit. 



C. Candy Grass (Eragrostis megastachya) . A. Seeds enlarged. 



natural size. 



Figure 249C 



a, florets ; b, c, d, 



B. Seeds 



