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Fig. 294. Nardus stricta L. ; Britton and Brown, 111. Fl., 1: 

 224. Wire Bent. -A glabrous, densely ca'spitose perennial, with 

 stout, creeping rootstocks, setaceous leaves, and erect, tiliform, 

 rigid culms, 10 to 20 cm. liigh. — Introduced at Amherst, Mass.; 

 tocky river banks, Newfoundland. fEuroi)e, Greenland and 

 Azores.] August. 



