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Fig. 403. Chaetochloa verticillata (Linn.) Scribn. U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Div. Agros., Bull. 4 : 39. 1897. ( Panicum verticillatum Linn. : 

 Setaria verticillata Beauv.) Bristly Foxtail. — A leafy, upright 

 annual 3 to 6 dm. high, much branched near the base, with rather 

 slender, spike-like panicles 2 to 6 cm. long. Bristles as long as or 

 a little exceeding the spikelets. downwardly barbed. — Fields and 

 waste places, Xew England to Virginia and Kentucky, westward 

 to South Dakota and Nebraska. Naturalized from Europe. June- 

 September. 



