MANUAL OF THE GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES 



8. Phalaris californica Hook, and 

 Arn. (Fig. 804.) Perennial, often in 

 dense tussocks; culms erect, 75 to 160 

 cm. tall; blades rather lax, 8 to 15 

 mm. wide; panicle ovoid or oblong, 2 

 to 5 cm. long, 2 to 2.5 cm. thick, often 

 purplish-tinged; glumes 6 to 8 mm. 

 long, narrow, tapering from below the 

 middle to an acute apex, the keel 

 smooth or nearly so, sharp but not 

 winged; fertile lemma ovate-lanceo- 

 late, about 4 mm. long, rather 

 sparsely appressed-pubescent, the 

 palea often exposed, the sterile lem- 

 mas half to two-thirds as long. % 

 — Ravines and open moist ground in 



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Figure 803. — Phalaris lemmoni. Glumes and floret, 

 X 5. (Type.) 



Figure 805. — Phalaris arundinacea. Plant, X 1; 

 glumes and floret, X 4. (Chase 7583, Md.) 



Figure 804. — Phalaris californica. Plant, X 1 ; spike- 

 let and floret, X 5. (Heller 6677, Calif.) 



Figure 806. — Phalaris tuber osa var. stenoptera, X 5. 

 (McCrary, N. C.) 



the Coast Range, southwestern Ore- 

 gon to San Luis Obispo County, 

 Calif. 

 9. PhaSaris arundinacea L. Reed 



canary grass. (Fig. 805.) Perennial, 

 with creeping rhizomes, glaucous; 

 culms erect, 60 to 150 cm. tall; pan- 

 icle 7 to 18 cm. long, narrow, the 

 branches spreading during anthesis, 

 the lower as much as 5 cm. long; 

 glumes about 5 mm. long, narrow, 

 acute, the keel scabrous, very nar- 

 rowly winged; fertile lemma lanceo- 

 late, 4 mm. long, with a few appressed 



