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Fie. Beckmannia eruceformis (L.) Host. SLOUGH-GRASS. —a, A ae 
tion of - bengal of the: inflorescence ardlie a the crowded, —— spikelets; 
b, a dorsal view of the same; c, a spikelet; d, flowing glum 
1, BECKMANNIA Host Gram. 8: 5, ¢. 6. 1805. Spikelets 1- to 2-flowered, 
rather broad, compressed, closely imbricated i in 2 rows along one side of the 
hi pty 
glumes 2, inflated, boat-shaped, obtuse or a abruptly pointed, nearly equal; 
moitale pind ci es narrow, rather firmer in texture than the empty ones, and 
Europe, Asia, and North America. 
