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Candy Grass (Eragrostis megastachya (Koeler) Link.). 



Spikelets ovate to linear, many-flowered, one-sixth to two-thirds 

 in. .long; empty glumes nearly equal, ovate-lanceolate, one-twelfth 

 in. long, prominently nerved, scabrous on keel; palet ciliate on 

 keel ; seed small, ovoid to elliptical, one-thirty-second in. in length, 

 color brown. Found in commercial grass seed and alsike clover. 



Southern Spear Grass {Eragrostis pilosa (L.) Beauv.). 



Spikelet narrow, lanceolate, 3-15-flowered, equaling or exceeding 

 the capillary pedicels, one-sixth to five-twelfths in. long ; empty 

 glume ovate, acute, scabrous on keel ; flowering glume broadly ovate, 

 obtuse, 3-nerved, scabrous on keel, one-seventh in. in length ; palet 

 ciliate on keel ; seeds small, elliptical or ovoid ; one-twenty-eighth in. 

 in length. Found in commercial grass seed. 



Orchard Grass (Dactylis glomerata L.). 



Spikelets compressed, 3-5-flowered, in crowded, 1-sided clusters; 

 flowering glumes lanceolate, acute or awn-pointed, one-sixth to one- 

 quarter in. in length, ciliate on keel, and otherwise minutely pu- 



Fig. 250. Orchard Grass (Dactylis glomerata). 

 (After Hillman. U. S. Dept. Agr.) 



bescent ; callus at base ; palet serrate on margin near upper end and 

 minutely pubescent. 



