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Fig. 158. Deschampsia atropurpurea ( Wahl. ) Scheele. Moun- 

 tain Haik-«;kass.— A slender, alpine grass 1.5 to 4 dm. high, with 

 flat leaves and few-flowered, nodding panicles 3 to 12 cm. long.— 

 Labrador, White Mountains, Adiroudacks, Eocky Mountains in 

 Colorado, northward to Alaska. [Northern Europe and Asia.] 

 July-September. 



