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Fi<;. 4NS. Calamagrostis porteii A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acail. 6: 

 79. 1862. PoRTKU's Rekd Bent.— A sleiulor, erect, glabrous i>er- 

 ennial 6 to 12 dm. high, with rough, flat loavi-s and uarrow, 

 rather loosely llowered panicles 8 to 10 cm. long. .Spikeicts 2 to 

 5 mm. long, with nearly equal glumes, the scabrous outer ones (a) 

 very acute; the flowering glumn obtuse, scalirous, with the basal 

 hairs ouo-fourth to one-third its length.— Dry woodlands, Xew 

 York and Pennsylvania. August. 



