Cinna arundinacea L. Stout Woodreed Habit: Tall perennial. Culms: 5-150 cm. tall, leafy, erect, solitary of few in a tuft, often somewhat bulbous at base. Blades: Broad, flat, more or less scabrous leaves, 20-30 cm. long, 8-14 mm. wide, tapering. Sheaths: Upper shorter than the internodes, smooth or rough. Ligule: Membranous, thin, 2-5 mm. long, conspicuous. Inflorescence: A large often nodding finally exserted, pale green to purplish panicle, 15-30 cm. long, somewhat contracted after flowering, the filiform branches ascending or dropping, the scabrous pedicels enlarged at the apex, about as long as the spikelets. Spikelets: 5 mm. long, narrow, numerous, 1-flowered, rachilla disarticulating below the glumes, forming a short naked stipe below the floret, and prolonged behind the palea into a minute bristle. Glumes: Somewhat unequal, acuminate, scabrous especially on the keel, the first 1-nerved, usually about 1 mm. shorter than the 1-3-nerved second. Lemmas: Similar, usually a little longer than the first glume, 3-nerved, minutely scabrous, especially on the keel, usually bearing a minute awn below the tip, sometimes awnless. Palea: Nearly as long as its lemma, apparently 1-nerved (2-nerved, the nerves close together), scabrous on the keel. Habitat: Moist woods. August-September. Kansas Range: East two thirds. Synonyms: Cinna arundinacea L. var. inexpansa Fern. & Grisc.