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Fig. 564. Colpodium fulvum (Triii.) Griseb. iu Ledeb. Flor. 

 Ross., 4: 38.5. 1853. {Poa fiilra Trin. Mem. Acail. St. Petersb. 

 Ser. 1, 6:378. 1845. Craphephontm fulrnm A. Gray). Yellow 

 Colpodium.— A rather stout, erect, leafy, and glabrous perennial, 

 2 to 6 dm. high, with flat, sharp-pointed leaves and o])en panicles 

 8 to 15 cm. long. Spikelets 4- to G-llowered, 5 to (i mm. long, with 

 broadly lanceolate empty glumes («) and obtuse flowering glumes 

 about 4 mm. long.— Moist situations, British Columbia to Alaska. 

 [Greenland and Northern Europe.l August. 



