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Fig. 141. GASTRIDIUM LENDIGEHUM (L.) Gaudin. Fl. Helv. 1 : 176. 1828. 

 {Milium leyidigerum Unn.Sj).PLed.2,91. 1762; G. aiistr ale Beanv. Agrost. 2l! 

 1812.) NIT-GRASS.— A smooth annual 1.^6 dm. {k°-2°) high, with flat leaves 

 and a strict, spike-like panicle 7-15 cm. (3'-6') long. Spikelets (o) 4-6 mm. 

 (2"-3'0 long, with unequal, acute, empty glumes and short, pubescent flowering 

 glumes (b,o), which are awned just below the truncate apex; awn slender, 

 4-5 mm. (2"-2i'0 long.— Hills, naturalized, California and Oregon; also in Texas! 

 (Southern Europe.) June, July. 



Cultivated for ornament. 



