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Fig. 76. HOMALOCENCHRUS ORYZOIDES (Linn.) Poll. Hist. PI. Palat. 1' 

 52. 1776. {Phalaris oryzoides L. Sp. PI. 55. 1753; Lcersin oryzoides S\v. Fl. lud. Occ. 

 1: 132. 1797.) RICE CUT-GRASS.— A rather stout, rough, and much-branched 

 perennial 6-12 dm. (2°-4°) high, Avith open, pale-green or straw-colored pani- 

 cles 12-25 cm. (5'-10') long. Spikelets (6, c) 4-5 mm. (2"-2i") long, about 1.5 

 inm. (J") broad, loosely imbricated (a), keels strongly ciliate-hispid as is also 

 the margin of the first glume. Within the lower sheaths are found cleisto- 

 gamic fruiting spikelets.— Along streams and ditches and in marshes, usually 

 in the open. Nova Scotia and Ontario to Washington, Florida, and Texas. 

 (Europe and Asia.) August to October. 



