227 







9. Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. Goose or Yard- 



G V coarse, tufted annual, with erect or spreading stems 1.5 



1 . high, and two to five digitate spikes 5 to 7 cm. long. — 



or cultivated ground, Xew Jersey to Ohio and Kansas, 



:o Florida and Texas. [Widely distributed in tropical and 



>pical countries.] June-October. 



