A text-book of grasses with especial reference to the economic species of the United States . rice, an annual nowgrown in numerous varieties throughout thewarmer regions of the is the most important ofthe cereals in the sense that itfurnishes food to more peoplethan any other one allied genus Homalocenchrusis represented by several perennialspecies in the eastern United spikelets resem-ble those of Oryza but aresmaller and lack theglumes. 225. Zizania L.—IndianWater - rice. Tallmarsh-grasses, with largepanicles, usually growingin shallow water in largeareas. The
A text-book of grasses with especial reference to the economic species of the United States . rice, an annual nowgrown in numerous varieties throughout thewarmer regions of the is the most important ofthe cereals in the sense that itfurnishes food to more peoplethan any other one allied genus Homalocenchrusis represented by several perennialspecies in the eastern United spikelets resem-ble those of Oryza but aresmaller and lack theglumes. 225. Zizania L.—IndianWater - rice. Tallmarsh-grasses, with largepanicles, usually growingin shallow water in largeareas. The pistillate spike-lets are long-awned anderect, the staminate areawnless and seeds were formerlygathered by the AmericanIndians and used for are 3 species, Zizania palustris L.(Fig. 31), the common Indian rice of the TT -^ 1 f^. ry .• X 1 Fig. 31. Zizania United states, Z. aquahca L., a less com- paiustris. inflorea-mon species of Canada, and Z. latifolia duced. (U. s. Dept. /™ s n,, i f , A • Agr., Div. Agrost., (Turcz.) Stapf, of eastern Asia. buU. i4.). Fig. 30. Oryza sa^t i V a. InflorescenceX J^, spikelet, X3.
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