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Fk;. 546. Poa nemoralis Linu. Sp. PI. U'J. Xoktiiekn Si-kak- 

 GKASS or Wood Mkadow-ghass. — A slender, erect, aiul rather 

 rigid iierennial 1.5 to 6 dm. liiiih, witli narrow, flat leaves and 

 nsnally open panicles 4 to 10 cm. long. Spikclots 2- to 5-flowered, 

 3 to 5 mm. long, with very acute empty glumes (a) aud faintly 

 nerved flowering glnmes, which are 2 to 3 mm. long and webbed 

 at the base.— Dry or rather moist soil, Labrador and Xcwfonnd- 

 laud to Pennsylvania, westward to British Columbia, Idaho, and 

 Colorado. [Europe, Asia.] .lune-Soptember. 



