Fic. 400. ZIZANIA AQUATICA Linn. Sp. Pl. . 1753. WILD RICE, 
“REEDS a stout, M 9-30 dm 0°) high, with broad, 
flat leaves and large pan es 30-60 em. (12/-24/) sed Y incide loose, glabrous; 
ligule thin, short An Slates 30 em. (12/^) long or more, 1-3 cm m. (1/-1}/) wide, 
A above. Staminate spikelets (c e 
8 8-24 
3 ur n 24-48 mm. ax- 200 bug = € , 10-16 mm. (5"-8") pm 
d the narrow palea à 
pis of iue ‘fertile songs at b.—8w amps em shallow margins of . 
streams and rivers, New Brunswick to Manitoba, southward to to Florida and 
Tien June to ote 
is the f ite food of the reed bird, and it is iun 
vated to some extent by sportsmen with a view to attrac ting these and aquati 
fowl The stems are used by coopers for making the joints of barrels de 
e s grass is the Manorrin of the Chippewa Indians, who gather the 
in for food 
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