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Fig. 295. Lolium perenne L. Rye-gkass. — A smooth, leafy 

 perennial 3 to 9 dm. high, 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. 



