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Fig. 294. Nardus stricta L. ; Britton and ]5io\vii, 111. Fl., 1: 

 224. Wire Bent.— A glabrous, densely ca^spitose ])eronnial. with 

 stout, creeping rootstocks, setareous leaves, and erect, filiform, 

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

 rocky river banks, Newfoundland. [Europe, Greenland and 

 Azores.] August. 



