Fig. 1. TRIPSACTJM DACTYLOIDES Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2. 1378. 1763. {Coix 

 davtuloidcx Linn. Sp. p]. 972. 1753.) GAMA-GRASS.-A stout, coarse, branching 

 perennial 9-24 dm. (3°-8°) high, with long and rather broad leaves and a 

 spicate inflorescence, the spikes being 2 to 4 on the main stem and usually soli- 

 tary on the branches. Outer glumes of the staminate spikelets (/) 8 mm (4") 

 long obtuse, faintly many-nerved.-Low meadows, moist thickets, ditches, etc 

 Rhode Island to Florida, Kansas, and Texas. (Mexico.) April to October. "' 



.^^ T'" f^'^l '' ^'f^^ ^"'''''"^ ^^ ^"''^^^' ^"^ ^he'^ yo^"g is eaten with 

 aMd.ty by all kinds of stock. Under some conditions it mav be cultivated 

 with profit. 



