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Fig. 295. Loliuni pereune L. Rye-gkass.^A smooth, leafy 

 perennial 3 to 9 dm. liigli. with slender, terminal spikes 7.5 to 25 

 cm. long. — Lawns, fields, and waysides, naturalized, Canada to 

 North Carolina, west to Ohio and Tennessee ; California and Ari- 

 zona. [Europe and Asia.] May-August. 



