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Fig. 567. Scolochloa festucacea (Willcl.) Liuk. (Arundo fes- 

 tucacea Willd. Enum. 1:126. 1809.) Sprangle-top. — A stout, 

 erect, glabrous perennial 9 to 15 dm. high, with long, flat leaves 

 and open panicles 16 to 30 cm. long. Spikelets 3- to 5-flowered, 6 

 to 8 mm. long, "with unequal, acute, outer glumes (a) and 7-nerved, 

 scabrous flowering glumes which have a tuft of hairs at the base. — 

 Wet grounds or in shallow water, Minnesota, Iowa to Nebraska, 

 and northward. [Northern Europe.] June-August. 



