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Fig. 565. Dupontia psilosantha Knpr. Flor. Samaj. Cisaral. 

 65, t. 6. 1845. {Graplicphorum Jhheri j>s(7os((»//((//*t A. Gray.) 

 Slender Dupontia. — A slender, erect, glabrous perenuial 2 to 4 

 dm. bigh, from a creeping rootstock, witb flat, attenuate-pointed 

 leaves and contracted or, in antbesis, spreading jianicles 7 to 12 

 cm. long, Spikelets 2- to 3-flowered, G to 7 mm. long, with broad 

 and usually obtuse empty glumes (a) and obovate, obtuse, gla- 

 brous flowering glumes. — Xewfoundlaud, Hudsons Bay to Alaska. 

 [Arctic-.Siboiia.] August, Sei)tember. 



