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Fig. 6. HACKELOCHXOA GHANULARIS (Linn, i 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 

 2 : 776. 1891. [Cenchrns granidaris Linn. Mant. 2 : 575. 1771: Mnnisuris gramt- 

 laris S\v. Prod. Veg. Ind. Occ. 25. 1788, in part.FL Ind. Occ. 1 : 186. 1797.) LIZ- 

 ARD-TAIL GRASS.— A much-branched, leafy annual, 3-12 dm. (10-4°) high, 

 with numerous slender spikes ia) 1.5-2.5 cm. (i'-l') long, in irregular, leafy 

 panicles. Sessile spikelet 1.8-2.5 mm. (f'-li") long, with the back of the obtuse 

 first glume irregularly pitted (6, d), the second (e) oblong-oval, obtu.se, as are 

 the much smaller third and fourth glumes (/, g): first glume of the pedicellate 

 spikelet (c) ciliolate along the inflexed margins, and with a distinct callus at 

 the base.— A weed in all tropical countries, extending northward into the 

 wanner parts of the Southern and Southwestern States. 



