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Fig. 268. Briza media L. Quaking-grass. — A slender, erect 

 perennial, with rather short, flat leaf-blades and capillary, spread- 

 inj^- panicles. — Sparingly naturalized in fields and waste ground, in 

 Ontario, New England, and California. [Europe and Asia.] May- 

 July. 



