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Fig. 134. CINNA ARTJNDINACEA Linn. Sp. PL 5. 175:3. INDIAN REED.— A 

 tall, leafy perennial 9-21 dm. (3°-7°j high, with simple culm.*, flat leaf-blades, and 

 ample pyramidal panicles 1.5-30 cm. {9'-18'.) long, contracted after flowering. 

 Spikelets {a,b) 4-5 mm. (2"-2i") long; empty glumes acute, scabrous, the fir.<t 

 shorter than the second; third glume (c) usually with a very short awn just 

 below the apex. Palea shorter than its glume (c). Rachilla often slightly 

 prolonged behind the palea.— Shaded swamps, banks of streams, and low 

 thickets, Newfoundland to North Carolina, Alabama, Texas, South Dakota, and 

 the Northwest Territory-. May to September. 



A good grass for low. Avet lands subject to overflow; it yields a large amount 

 of good hay in such localities. 



