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Fig. 149. Ainniophilaarenaria(L.) Link (.4. arMKciiwacca Host,). 

 Beach-grass, Marram-grass. — A coarse, erect perennial, with 

 creeping rootstocks, rigid culms 6 to 12 dm. high, long leaves, and 

 narrow, densely flowered, spike-like terminal panicles 12 to 25 cm. 

 long. — Sandy coasts of the Atlantic from New Brunswick south 

 to Virginia, and shores of the Great Lakes. [Europe.] July- 

 October. 



