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408. ZIZANIOPSIS MILIACEA (Michx.) Doell & Aschers. Fl. 
12. 1871. (Zizania miliacea Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 74. 1803.) WA 
LET.—A stout, erect, glabrous, semiaquatie grass 12-45 dm. 
extensively creeping rootstocks, with long, broad leaves and 
panicles 30-45 cm. (12-187) long. Leaf-blades 60 cm. (24^) long, 
or more, glabrous except on the scabrous margins. Spikel i 
low, and pistillate (a,b) ab ^ t h ha nanicle, the 
be 
mm. (3"-4") long, awnless, the latter about 6 mm. (3” 
with an awn 2-6 mm. (1"-3") long.—Swamps, ete., , 
A (according to Riddell) northward to Ohio. May to August 
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