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Fig. 45-'. Alopecurus alpiuus .). E. Smith, Engl. Bot. pi. 1126. 

 1S03. Alpink Foxtail.— a <rl;il)ions, erect perennial 1 to 6 dm. 

 hifrli, with Hat leaves and cylindrical, ovoid, denscly-llowcred 

 panicles 1 to 3 cm. long. Spikelcts 4 mm. long, with obtuse, 

 densely villoii.s outer glumes (a) about the length of flowering 

 glume, whicli is pubescent near the apex, glabrous below, and 

 bears upon the back, just below the middle, a slender awn a little 

 exceeding the glumes. — Moist places, (ireenland, Labrador to 

 Alaska. [Arctic regions of Europe and Asia.] .July, August. 



