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Fig. 286. Puccinellia maritima (Huds.) Pari. (Foa ^naritima 

 Huds. ; Glijccria murUhna M. &. K.). Sea Spear-grass.— A 

 slender perennial 2 to 5 dm. high, from creeping i-ootBtocks, with 

 narrow, flat, or folded leaves, and more or less expanded panicles 

 8 to 12 cm. long. — Salt marshes and heaches along the coast, 

 Lahrador to southern New England, and Alaska to British Colum- 

 bia; also on ballast and Avasto ground in sea ports farther south. 

 [Europe and Asia.] July, August. 



