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Fig. 490. Avena fatua Linn. Sp. PI. 80. Wild Oat. An erect, 

 glabrous iiiiniial (J to \'2 dm. liigli, with Hat leaves and spreadin;; 

 panicles of large oat-like, nodding spikelots. Spikelets 2-to 4- 

 tlowensd, with long (1..") to 2 ciii.) empty glnines (a) and inibcs- 

 ceut llowcring glumes {!>) 12 to 18 mm. long. Awns nearly twice 

 as long a.s the spikolets. Fields and wa.ste places from Minne.sot;i 

 westward; abnndaiitin grain lield.s on the Pacific slope. [Intro- 

 duced Irom Europe.] .luno-Septeiiiber. 



