. The book of grasses : an illustrated guide to the common grasses, and the most common of the rushes and sedges . esof needle-like sharpness. Laterin the season the burs readilybecome detached and, adhering topassing objects, are carried longdistances until they fall on new soilwhere the seeds establish new coloniesof this troublesome Bur-grass. Sand-grass. Devil-burs. Hedgehog-grass. Cenchrus ca-rolinidmis Walt. 6-24 in length, much branched, erect or spreading. Sheaths loose, smooth, flat-tened. Ligule a ring of short hairs. Leaves 2-6 long, i-^ I-3 long, comp
. The book of grasses : an illustrated guide to the common grasses, and the most common of the rushes and sedges . esof needle-like sharpness. Laterin the season the burs readilybecome detached and, adhering topassing objects, are carried longdistances until they fall on new soilwhere the seeds establish new coloniesof this troublesome Bur-grass. Sand-grass. Devil-burs. Hedgehog-grass. Cenchrus ca-rolinidmis Walt. 6-24 in length, much branched, erect or spreading. Sheaths loose, smooth, flat-tened. Ligule a ring of short hairs. Leaves 2-6 long, i-^ I-3 long, composed of 6-20 round, spiny burs enclosing the spikelets; burs more or less downy, sometimes reddish; spines very rigid at maturity. Spikelets 2-flowered, about 3 long. Scales 4, thin. Stamens soil. July to and Ontario to South Dakota, south to Florida, Texas, and southern California. INDIAN RICE And I will cut a reed by yonder springAnd make the wood-gods jealous. Many who are but superficially fa-miliar with the low herbage of the fieldshesitate to name as grass such large ng thesheath. carolinianus. 83 The Book of Grasses plantscalling as Indian Rice, and attempt to solve the question bythem reeds. But reed or grass, it is the same, and grass-like characteristics are constantwhether measured by inches ordisguised by a gigantic growth. In shallow water and onmuddy shores the Indian Ricerows, a tall, stout grass whoselong flowering heads seem like acombination of flowers from twodissimilar plants; the upper, fruit-bearing portion of the panicle consist-ing of narrow, erect branches withlong-awned flowers, while belowthem awnless, staminate flowersdroop from branches that are widelyspreading. The dark seeds arehalf an inch or more in length,and where the grass grows by_ lakes in Minnesota and the\x^ Northwest the Indians paddletheir canoes among thickets ofIndian Rice and beat off thegrain, gathering it as a cherishedarticle of food, whi
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