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Fig. 571. Puccinellia distans (Linn.) Pari. Flor. Ital. 1: 367. 

 1848. {Poa distant Liiuu.) Si'Ueading Speak-gkass. — A sloncler, 

 erect, or sometimes decumbent, tufted, glabrous perennial 3 to 6 

 dm. bigh, with flat leaves and diffusely spreading panicles, 5 to 18 

 cm. long, branches often becoming finally deflexed. Spikelets 3- 

 to 6-fli)wered, 3 to 5 mm. long. — Saline soils, Nova Scotia to New 

 Jersey and Peuuaylvania and on the west coast from California to 

 Alaska. [Europe, Asia.] June-August. 



