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Fig. 538. Poa reflexa Vasey & Scribn. Contrib. Nat. Herb., 1: 

 276. 1893. Nodding Blue-grass.— A slender, erect perennijil.witb 

 soft, flat leaves and open, pyramidal panicles Avitb capillary, 

 rather distant and finally rellexcd branches. Spikelets (a) 3 to 

 4 mm. long, 2- to 3-flowered; empty glumes nearly equal; flower- 

 ing glumes ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, jiubescent on the middle and 

 lateral nerves, and webbed at the base.— Wet, boggy places, 

 mountains of Wyoming and Colorado to Washington and British 

 America. July, August. 



