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1- IG. 511. Eragrostis major Host, (Jram. Atistr. 4: II, pi. 24. 

 1809. (Eratjiostm poaoidm \;ir. niegaatachi/a A. Gray.) Candy- 

 GKASs A rather showy, inuch-branchetl annual, with erect or 

 ascendiug stems 1.5 to 9 dm. Ingh. Sinkelets (a, b) 5- to -lO-llow- 

 ered, 5 to 16 mm. loiij; and about 8 mm. wide. Natnrali/ed in 

 cultivated oi waste j^iound, usually in saiuly soil, almost every- 

 where m the United States an<l in Ontario. [Europe, Asia, 

 naturalized in tmpKal Aiiiciica. | ,1 un<'-( Jctohcr. 



