MICHIGAN WEEDS. 



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Fig. 4 (15). 



Stink Grass. Eragrostis megastachya 

 Koeler) Link. (E. major Host. E. eragrostis 

 (L.) Karst. E. poaeoidis Beau v.) A spreading 

 •and much branched annual, 10-25 cm. high, 

 the leaves bearing glands that secrete a sub- 

 stance very offensive to grazing animals. 

 Panicle ovoid or linear rather dense, 5-15 cm. 

 long; spikelets flat, lead-colored, 8-20 flowered. 

 Sandy waste places; introduced from Europe. 



(Fig 4a.) 



Eragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) B. S. P. (Era- 

 grostis reptans Nees.) A light green prostrate, 

 much branched and very variable annual, 

 extensively creeping late in the season along 

 ditches and wet land, 5-30 cm. high; spikelets 

 flat, 10-40 flowered, borne on open panicles. 

 Extensively distributed in the United States, 

 Canada, Mexico and South America. The 

 little thing seems to have no good common 

 name. 



