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um egyptium (L.) Willd. CROWFOOT-GRASS.—a. 
epikciet “y.3 flor oe eae florets t the upper one rudimentary or imperfect; c, stamens; d, the 
Willd. _Enum. Hort. Berol. 1029. 1809. is geo 
perfect led in 
; ered, uy ile, and ¢ 
along one side of a continuous axis, forming unilateral spikes, these ae 
at the ae . she culm m; rachilla a: rticulated — og empt ty glumes ane 
between th 
2d 21 awn-pointeds fawering glumes: boat-shaped, rancronaie pointed. Fruit a 
with a more or less decumbent and creeping base and 2 to 6 terminal stout 
_ spikes, the rhachis projecting beyond the spikelets. 
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