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Fig. 80. PHALARIS CAROLINIANA ^Valt. Fl. Car. 74. 1788. {P. intermedia 

 Bosc. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 1 : 300. 1810.) SOUTHERN CANARY-GRASS.— A 

 comparatively slender species 3-10 dm. a°-^°) high, with rather short, flat 

 leaves 5-15 cm. (2'-6') long, and ovoid, densely flowered, capitate panicles 2-5 

 cm. (l'-2') long. Spikelets (a, b) 5 mm. (2i") long: outer glumes strongly 

 winged-keeled, acute, one-third to one-fourth longer than the fertile floret; 

 second pair of glumes linear, hairy, about one-half the lengtli of the pubescent 

 floweriitg glume (c,d).—Ili\eT bottoms and wet places. South Carolina to In- 

 dian Territorv, Texas, Nevada, California, and Oregon. April. 



