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Fie. 16. Nazia aliena ( (Spreng.) Seribn. (Lappago aliena spren Zz.) WEST- 
ERN PRICKLEGRASS —a, ‘oup of spikelets; b po second glume covered 
with hooked spines; ¢ and d, y owering glume and pa 
WAZIA Adans. Fam. Pl, 2: 31, 581. 1763. ee he ited ee 
= groups of three to several at each joint of the main axis, the 
each fascicle sterile, flowered. _ Fine t glume minute or supa en appr prt 
b ked spines; flowering 
glume and palea byaiine por shorter than the pe glume. Stamens 3. 
Style short and distinc rather long, plumose. Grain oblong, included 
in the glumes, but ak Diffusely branched annuals with flat leaves and 
terminal, 
‘ike in 
Species 2 or 3, in the tropical and warmer temperate regions of both 
