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about 2.5 mm long; palea rather thin, about as long as the lemma. 

 21 (Panicularia americana MacM.) Banks of streams, marshes, and 



FIGURE 148. Glyceria grandis. Panicle, X 1; floret, X 10. (Pearce, N.Y.) 



FIGURE 149. Distribution of 

 Glyceria grandis. 



wet places, Prince Edward Island to Alaska, 

 south to Tennessee, Ohio, Iowa, Nebraska, New 

 Mexico, and eastern Oregon (fig. 149). 



Glyceria nubigena W. A. Anderson. Similar 

 to G. grandis; culms more slender and less suc- 

 culent; spikelets 3- to 5-flowered; glumes 

 purplish, not pale and translucent as in G. 

 grandis; lemmas on the average longer and 



FIGURE 150. Glyceria pallida. Plant, X 1; floret, X 10. (Pearce, N.Y.) 



wider, the nerves farther apart and less prominent; palea firmer, 

 rather coriaceous. 01 Boggy openings in forest, Chngmans 



