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Fig. 474. Arctagrostis latifolia (R. Br.) Griseb. in Ledb. Flor. 

 Koss. 4 : 434. 1853. (Colpodhim laiifoliiim TJ. Br. Siippl. App. 

 Parry's Voy. 286. 1824). Bkoad-leafed Arctic Bent.— A rather 

 stout, glabrous, erect perennial 1.5 to 6 dm. high, with narrow 

 panicles 3 to 16 cm. long. Spikelcts 3 to 4 mm. l()ng,with nearly 

 equal empty glumes (a) shorter than 1ho obtuse, scabrous tlower- 

 iug glume and palea {b). — (ireenland and Labrador to Alaska. 

 [Northern Europe and Asia.] August. 



