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Fig. 481. Agrostis verticillata Vill. I'rosp. 16. 1779; Trin. Icon. 

 Gram. t. 36 (A. sii^hmiftra LJ.) Water Bknt-ghass. — A slenilcr 

 perennial, wi til flat leaves, erect or decumbent culms, 2 to 6 dm, 

 lonj^, and densely flowered, more or less iiiterrnpted ]iaiiicles 5 to 2.5 

 cm. long. Spikelets about 1.. 5 mm. long with nearly ('(jnal, minntelj'^ 

 pubescent, empty glumes («) about one-half longer than tlie 

 obtuse and minutely dentate, awnless flowering glume. — Moist 

 places, Utah to Texas, and westward to California. [Mexico, 

 South America, Europe, and India.] May-August, 



