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Fig. 473. Polypogon niaritimus Willd. in Nov. Act. Soc. Nat. 

 Cur. Berol. 3 : 443. 1801. (rideitm criniium Roxlj.) Sea-side 

 Beard-grass. — Aii erect, slender annual 1.5 to 3 dm. higb, with flat 

 leaves and densely-flowered, spike-like panicles 2 to 4 cm. long. 

 Spikelets with two-lobed, awued empty glumes (a), which are vil- 

 lous at the apex and twice longer than the short-awned floral 

 glume (b). Awn of the empty glumes 4 to 6 mm. long. — Lower 

 California and, according to Chapman, along the seashore of 

 North and South Carolina. [Europe.] June. 

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