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Fig. 229. PHRAGMITES VULGARIS (Lam.) B. S. P Prel Cat N Y 69 



Fr\^^^^"i^"'. ^T- ^'"''- ^'^'"''- '''■ ''^'' ^™"^« vulgan/L^. Fl.' 

 l^r. 3 615. 17/8; A. phmgmites L. Sp. PI. 81. 1753.) COMMON REED -A 

 tall stout, perennial grass 15-45 dm. (50-150) high, with stout, creeping root- 

 stocks, numerous, broad attenuate-pointed leaves, and large ovoid-p^^ramidal 

 purphsh, terminal panicles 15-30 cm. (.o_io) i^„^ ^^ ^^^^_ [^ 

 crowded on the ascending branches; empty glumes il» unequal, the fir 

 1-nerved one-half to two-thirds as long as the 3-nerved second one; flowering 



tZ"J% \T- ^'"-'"' ''"^' '-^^^^^^^' ^-^-uminate, equaling he 

 hairs of the rachilla.-Margins of lakes and rivers and in brackish coast 



rd'a ' WM I'T'it"^^" ''^ ^'^^^^^ ^'^'^^ ^"^ -"^^-- ^^ 

 Crto^cT^bS' '^^'"'"^^' ^" ^^"^^^^*^ ^^^^^"^ ^^ ^^^^ hemispheres.) 



vJuihirf'^'K^'r"''!'''"'^'^"'*^^ ^"^ "^'^^^ ^^^««^« ^"^ «^«of the most 

 valuable for binding the banks of rivers subject to wash. The voung shoots 

 are readily eaten by cattle and the mature stems make the best of thatch 



