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Fig. 79. PHALARIS AMETHYSTINA Trin. Phalaridefe, 56. 1839. PURPLE 

 CANARY-GRASS.— A stout annual 6-12 dm. {2°-i°) high, with broad, flat leaves, 

 and ovoid or oblong, densely-flowered terminal panicles 2-5 cm. (l'-2') long,' 

 usually purplish. Spikelets (a) 6-7 mm. (3"-3i'0 long; outer glumes straight^ 

 acute, the inner ones (shown in b) hairy and more than one-half as long as the 

 flowering glume, which is also hairy.— Oregon to California and southward to 

 Chile. June. 



