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Fig. 74. Homalocenchruslenticularis (Michx. ) Scribn. (Leersia 

 lenticularis Michx.). Catch-fly-grass. — A rather stout, branch- 

 ing perennial 6 to 12 dm. high, with widely spreading, broad leaf 

 blades, diffuse panicles, and large, ciliate spikelets. — Marshes and 

 wet thickets, near the coast, Virginia to Texas, and in the Missis- 

 sippi Valley from southern Illinois and Missouri to Louisiana. 

 August, September. 



