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Fig. 482. Agrostis paludosa Sfirilm. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. 

 Agios., Bull. 11: 49. fig. 7, 1898. Marsh Bent.— A low, densely 

 cii-spitose perennial 1 to 1..5 cm. high, with soft, narrow leaves, 

 and narrow, ratlur densely flowered panicles 3 to 5 cm. long. 

 Spikelets abont 3 mm. long, with ovate-lanceolate, acute empty 

 glnmcs (a), which are a little longer than the broadly obtuse and 

 minutely scabrous dowering glume (''). Palea 0..") mm. long. — 

 Labrador. August, September. 



