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i- ig. 511. Eragrostis major Host, Gram. Austr. 4 : 14, pi. 24. 

 1809. (Eragrostis poceoides var. megasiachya A. Gray.) Candy- 

 grass. —A rather showy, much-branched annual, with erect or 

 ascending stems 1.5 to 9 dm. high. Spikelets (a, o) 5- to 40-flow- 

 ered, 5 to 16 mm. long and about 3 mm. wide. — Naturalized in 

 cultivated or waste ground, usually in sandy soil, almost every- 

 where in the United States and in Ontario. [Europe, Asia, 

 naturalized in tropical America.] June-October. 



