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Fig. 252. Eatoaia obtusata (Miclix.) A. Gray. Early Bunch- 

 grass. — A tufted perenuial 4..") to 6 dm. liigli, with flat leaf blades 

 and rallier densely flowered, nodding ])anicles. — T>ow ground, 

 chiefly along streams, usually in shade, Massachusetts and Onta- 

 rio to Assiniboia and British Columbia, south to Florida, Texas, 

 and southern California. March-August. 



