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Fig. 5G7. Scolochloa festucacea (Willd.) Liuk. (Arnndo fes- 

 Uicacea Willd. Emim. 1: 126. 1809.) SriiANOLE-roP. — A stout, 

 erect, glabrous perennial 9 to 1.^ dm. high, with long, flat leaves 

 and open panicles 16 to 30 cm. long. 8pikelets 3- to 5-flowered, 6 

 to 8 mm. long, ■« ith nue(inal, acute, onter glumes (a) and 7-nerved, 

 scabrous flowering glumes which have a tuft of hairs at the base. — 

 Wet grounds or in shallow water, Minnesota, Iowa to Nebraska, 

 and northward. [Northern Europe.] June-August. 



