FIGURE 1124. Distribution of 

 Phalaris caroliniana. 



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often exposed, the sterile lemmas about half as long. 01 Ravines 

 and open moist ground in the Coast Range, southwestern Oregon to 



San Luis Obispo County, Calif. 



9. Phalaris arundinacea L. REED 

 CANARY GRASS. (Fig. 1128.) Peren- 

 nial, with creeping rhizomes, glaucous; 

 culms erect, 60 to 150 cm tall; panicle 

 7 to 16 cm long, narrow, the branches 

 spreading during 

 anthesis, the low- 

 er as much as 5 

 cm long; glumes 

 about 5 mm long, 

 narrow, acute, the 

 keel scabrous, 

 very narrowly 

 winged; fertile 



lemma lanceolate, 4 mm long, with a 

 few appressed hairs; sterile lemmas 

 villous, 1 mm long. Qi Marshes, 

 river banks, and moist places, New 

 FIGURE ii23. Phalaris caroliniana. Plant, Brunswick to southeastern Alaska (also 

 1074, fiST and fl ret> X5 ' (Hitchcock at Tanana Hot Springs, Alaska), south 



to North Carolina, Kentucky, Okla- 

 homa, New Mexico, Arizona, and northeastern California (fig. 1129); 

 Eurasia. An important constituent of lowland hay from Montana 



to Wisconsin. PHALARIS ARUNDI- 

 NACEA var. pf CTA L. RIBBON GRASS. 

 Blades striped with white, o 

 Grown for ornament in gardens; 

 also called gardener's garters. 



PHALARIS TUBEROSA var. STEN- 

 6pTERA(Hack.)Hitchc. (Fig. 1130.) 

 Perennial, with a 

 loose branching, 

 rhizomatous base; 

 culms stout, as much 

 as 1 .5 m tall ; panicle 

 5 to 15 cm long, 1.5 

 cm wide, slightly 

 lobed ; glumes 5 to 6 

 mm long, the keel 

 scabrous, rather 

 narrowly winged on 

 the upper two-thirds ; 

 fertile lemma 4 mm 

 long, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, acute, appressed-pubescent ; 

 sterile lemma usually solitary, 

 about one-third as long as fertile 

 lemma. 21 About 1902 there 

 appeared in Queensland, Austra- 

 lia, the source unknown, a species 

 of Phalaris which gave promise of being a valualeb forage 



FIGURE 1126. Pha- 

 laris lemmoni, X 5. 

 (Type.) 



FIGURE 1125. Phalaris angusta. Plant, 

 glumes and floret, X 5. (Suksdorf 32, Calif.) 



X 1; 



