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Fig. 472. Polypogon littoralis (With.) Smith Comp. Fl. Brit. 

 Ed. 2, 13. 1816 {A(/rontis littoralis With. I'.ot. Air. Brit. PI. Ed. 3, 

 2 : t. 23. 1796). Bp:ai{D Grass. — A tufted, slender, or rather 

 stout perennial, 3 to 6 dm. high, with scabrous, flat leaves and 

 narrow, densely flowered, much lobed panicles, 5 to 12 cm. lon;^. 

 Spikelets, 2 to 3 mm. \im<r,, with scabrous, siiliulatc-jxiiiited empty 

 glumes («) and l)roadly truncate or cmargiuate, awncd flowering 

 glumes, 1 mm. long. Awn about 2 mm. long. — Wet jdaces Cali- 

 fornia and Oregon to Vancouver Island. [Europe and South 

 America.] May, .June. 



