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Fig. 411. Phalaris arundinacea Linn. Sp. PI. 55. Reed 

 Canaky-gkass. A stout, erect, ;:;labr()ns, broail-leafed perennial, 

 () to 15 tlm. liigli, with densely (lowered panicles, G to 16 cm. long. 

 Spikelets (a) 5 tofi mm. long, with scabrous, 3-nerved outer gliimea 

 (^), one- fourth longer than the obtuse, pubescent Howering glume- 

 Moist places and in shallow water, Nova Scotia to llritish (_"ol- 

 nmliia, and southward to Maryland, Tennessee, Kansas, Ari/oua, 

 and California. [l-;uroi)e, Asia.] .Iiiue-Septeniber. 



