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Fig. 209. Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. Goose or Yard- 

 grass. A coarse, tufted annual, with erect or spreading stems 1.5 

 to 6 dm. liii^b, and two to five digitate spikes 5 to 7 cm. long. 

 Waste or cultivated ground, New Jersey to Ohio and Kansas, 

 south to Florida and Texas. [Widely distributed in tropical and 

 subtropical countries.] June-October. 



