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Fig. 229. Phragmites vulgaris (Lam.) B. S. P. (P. communis 

 Triii. ; Arundo vulgaris Lara. ; A. phragmites L.). Common Reed. 

 A tall, stout, perennial ^rass, with stout, creeping rootstocks, 

 numerous broad, attenuate-pointed leaves, and a large ovoid- 

 pyramidal, purplish, terminal panicle. Margins of lakes and 

 rivers and in brackish coast marshes, almost everywhere in the 

 United States and southern British America. [Widely distrib- 

 uted in temperate regions of both hemispheres.] August-October. 



