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Fig. 5G('). Dupontia fischeri T?. Br. in Parry's Voy. App. 291. 

 1824. Fisiikk'-s DuroNTiA.— a slender, erect pereuiiial 1 to 2.5 

 ilni. liigli, from a creepini;- rootstock, with ilat, attenuate-poiuted 

 leaves and contracted, simple panicles 4 to 7 cm. long. Spikelets 

 2- to 3-flowerod, G to 7.5 mm. long, with lanceolate, acute empty 

 glumes (rt), and obtuse or acutt> tlowering glumes which are silky- 

 pilose on the back toward tlic base. — Moist situations, Arctic 

 America. [Siberia.] .June-August. 



