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Fig. 478. Agrostis perennans (Walt.) Tudcerm. Am. Joiirn. 

 Sci. 45:44. 1813. {Cor)iiic(>}>i<r])ercini(tiis\\'a\t.nSS.) rEiiENNiAi, 

 Bent or Tiiix Grass. — A slender, sp;iiiii,uly branched, leafy per- 

 ennial, with weak, ascending culms 3 to 7.5 dm. long, and dilVuse, 

 capillary panicles 8 to 16 cm. lon.t,'. Spikelets 1..") to 2 mm. long, 

 with acute empty glumes (a), which are a little longer than th.' 

 glabrous flowering glume (&). — Damp, shaded places, Maine to 

 Minnesota and Nebraska, southward to South Carolina and Mis- 

 sissippi. May-September. 



