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Fig. 408. Zizaniopsis miliacea (MicliK.) Doell <S: Aschers. 

 {Zizania miliacea Michx. Flor. Bor. Am. 1 : 74. 1S03.) Water 

 Millet. A stout, erect, glabrous, semiaquatic grass 12 to 45 dm. 

 high, from long, creeping rootstoiks, Tvith long, broad leaves and 

 (leusp panicles 30 to 45 cm. long. Spikelets staminate (c) and 

 pistillate (a,!)), the former 6 to 8 mm. long, awnless, the latter 

 about 6 mm. long, the outer glume with an awn 2 to 6 mm. long. 

 Swamps, etc.. Florida to Texas and (according to Kiddell) uortli- 



Avard to Ohio. 



May-August. 



