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Fk;. 448. Muhlenbergia capillaris Jriu. l.'iiill. litl. 1824. 

 (StijHi capillaris Lam. 17'Jl.) Bkardkd Haik-grass.— A rij^id, 

 erect, glabrous, and unbrancbed perennial 6 to 10 dm. liigh, with 

 long, involiiti' leaves and showy, eay)illary panicles 15 to -iri cm. 

 long. SpiUelets about 4 mm. long, with nearly equal empty 

 glumes and smooth llowering glume which bears a slender awn (! 

 to 18 mm. long. — Dry, sandy, or rocky soil, o])en woods, etc., 

 Massachusetts to Florida and westward to Texas 

 October. 



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