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Fig. 536. Poa alsodes A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2 : 562. 1856. Woon- 

 LAN'i) Ri.CE-CKASS.— A sIciuUt, orc.ct, sniootb perennial 2 to 6 dm. 

 high, with Hat leaves and open panicles 5) to 20 cm. long. Spike- 

 lets (a) 5 ram. long, 2- to 3-Howered, with very acnte glumes, the 

 outer ones uuequai, the flowering glumes (h) ahoiit 4 mm. long 

 with a long tuft of cobwebby hairs at the base.— Thit Ivets and 

 open woodlands, Nova Scotia to Ontario and Minnesota, south 

 ward to North Carolina and Tennessee. May, June. 



