WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 139 



IV. ORYZEAE 



1882a. Rice Oryza sativa 



The cultivated rice now extensively grown in the Sacramento Valley. 



1882b. Cut grass Homolocenchrus oryz- 



oides 

 A tall grass with rough-margined leaves. Along creeks, Sacramento Vallev. 

 Rare. 



V. PHALARIDEAE 



1883. Gnawed Canary Phalaris paradoxa 



Grass 

 Annual, 1 to 2 feet high; panicle dense, oblong, narrowed at base, 1 to 2 

 inches long; fertile lemma smooth and shining. Occasionally found in grain 

 fields; introduced. 



1884. California Canary Phalaris Californica 

 Grass 



Perennial, culms erect or bending abruptly; panicle ovoid or oblong, 

 1 to 2 inches long, often purplish tinged. Found in ravines and open ground, 

 Coast ranges. 



1885. Reed Canary Grass Phalaris arundinacea 



Perennial, with creeping rhizomes; culms erect, 2 to 3 feet high; panicle 

 3 to 7 inches long; found in swamps and moist places occasionally in northern 

 and central California. A form with variegated leaves is cultivated under the 

 name of Ribbon Grass. 



1886. Small Canary Grass Phalaris minor 



Annual; culms erect, 1 to 3 feet high; panicle 1-2 to 2 inches long, glumes 

 broadly winged on the keel. Found near the coast from Norman and Vaca- 

 ville to San Bernardino and San Diego. Introduced from the Mediterranean 

 region. 



1887. Phalaris brachystachys 



Annual; culms 1 to 2 feet high; panicle ovate, about an inch long, glumes 

 strongly winged on the keel. Introduced, only one specimen found in Cali- 

 fornia, in Butte County. 



1888. Canary Grass Phalaris canariensis 



Annaul; culms erect, 1 to 3 feet high; panicle 1-2 to 1-2 inches long; 

 glumes broadly winged. Introduced; rare in California. 



1889. Lemmon's Canary Phalaris Lemmoni 



Grass 

 Annual; culms erect, 1 to 3 feet high; panicle dense, 2 to 4 inches long; 

 glumes not winged. Central and southern California, mostly near coast. 



1890. Southern Canary Phalaris Caroliniana 



Grass, or Apache 

 Timothy 

 Annual: culms erect, 1 to 2 feet high; panicle oblong, 1 to 2 inches lone: 

 glumes narrowly winged. Apparently introduced in California; rare; found 

 at Comptehe, Ojai Valley, San Clemente, Santa Catalina, and San Nicholas 

 islands. 



1891. California Timothy Phalaris angusta 



Annual; 3 to 5 feet high; panicle dense, 2 to 5 inches long. Found from 

 California to Louisiana. 



ANTHOXANTHUM 



Spikelets with one perfect flower, glumes unequal; aromatic grasses with nar- 

 row spike-like panicles. 



