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Fig. 408. Zizaniopsis miliacea (Michx.) Doell & Aschers. 

 [Zlzania miliacea Michx. Flor. Bor. Am. 1 : 74. 1803.) Water 

 Millet. — A stout, erect, glabrous, semiaquatic grass 12 to 45 dm. 

 high, from long, creeping rootstocks, with long, broad leaves and 

 dense panicles 30 to 45 cm. long. Spikelets staminate (c) and 

 pistillate (a, b), the former 6 to 8 mm. long, awnless, the latter 

 about 6 mm. long, the outer glume with an awn 2 to 6 mm. long. — 

 Swamps, etc., Florida to Texas and (according to Riddell) north- 

 ward to Ohio. May-August. 



