Description of ]Vhcat-Tliicf. 219 



an inch long, and are noticeable from the 

 fact that they are of a lighter tinge of green 

 than those of the cereals and grasses. Its 

 flowers are small, and white or of a pale 

 cream color. Its seeds cluster along its 



WHEAT THIEF. 



stems, and are produced abundantly. They 

 are endowed with much vitality. 



Wheat-thief is an annual, but like false 

 fiax, it usually comes up in the fall of the 



