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4. Phalaris minor Retz. (Fig. 1121.) Resembling P. cana- 

 riensis; panicle ovate-oblong, 2 to 5 cm long; spikelets narrower, not 

 so conspicuously striped ; glumes 4 to 6 mm long, the wing of the keel 

 narrower; fertile lemma lance-ovate, about 3 mm long, acute; sterile 



FIGURE 1118. Phalaris canariensis. Plant, X 1 A', spikelet and floret, X 5. (Mearns 3376, Wyo.) 



lemma solitary, about 1 mm long, o Fields and waste places, 

 New Brunswick to New Jersey, rare ; Louisiana and Texas ; Colorado ; 

 ballast, near Portland, Greg.; frequent in California (fig. 1122); 

 introduced from the Mediterranean region. 



