GRASSES OF IOWA. 



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1. PHALARIS CANARIENSIS 



Phalaris Canariensis L. Sp. PI. 54. 1753. Watson and Coulter, Gray. 

 Man. Bot. 639. 1890. (6th ed.) Scribner Grasses of Tenn. Bull. Univ 

 Tenn. Agrl. Exp. Sta. 7: 61. f.69. 1894. Beal. Grasses of N.A. 2:182. 

 1896. ' Nash in Britton and Brown. 111. PI. 1: 131. /. 292. 1896. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Canary Grass. An 

 erect annual, I to 3 

 feet (2-6 dm.) high, 

 with Hat leaves, and a 

 dense, ovoid panicle 

 (head) about i inch (2 

 cm.) long, empty 

 glumes with a broad, 

 sharp keel, with a dis- 

 tinct, green line within 

 the white, scarious mar- 

 gins. Third and fourth 

 glumes small, scale-like, 

 smooth. Fifth, or flow- 

 ering glume, hairy. In 

 waste places. July to 

 August. 



Phalaris Canariensis 

 has become naturalized 

 in Cedar Rapids and at a 

 few other points in 

 Iowa. The seed is used 

 extensively for bird 

 seed 



DISTRIBUTION. 



Iowa. Iowa City, 

 Story City, Sioux City 

 (Hitchcock); Giard 

 ( Hempel) ; Ames 136 

 (Hall); Dakota City 

 ( McFarland) ; Johnson 

 County (Fitzpatrick) ; 



DeS Moines 20 (H-in- Fl ° - 7 °' Phalari8 Canariensis. (Charlotte M. King-.)^ 



Sioux City (Miss Wakefield); Cedar Rapids (Miss Hall); Ames 

 (Pammel); Johnson County (Hitchcock). 



