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Fig. 140. Agrostis elliottiana Sclnilt. (J. arachuoidea Ell.). 

 Spider IJent-gkass. — A low, briinrliinji; iinnnul, rarely exceeding 

 3dm. high, with uarrow, Hat leaves and ditliLso, capillary pauicles. 

 The flowering glume hears a long and very slender awn. — Dry 

 hillsidea and old fields, Sonth Carolina to Kentucky and Missouri, 

 south to Florida and i'exas. April, May. 



