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Fig. .ISO. Festuca octoflora Walt. Flor. Carol. 81. 1788. {Fex- 

 titca /eH«Z/a Willil. Enuiii. 1:113. 1809.) Slkndkk Fescie.— A 

 slfiider, (^rect, more or less ciespitose annual 1 to 5 dm. liigli, with 

 narrow, simple panick-s 2 to 15 cm. long. Spikelets 5- to 13-tlow- 

 ered, 6 to 10 mm. long, with slightly nncMjual, acnto empty glumes 

 {a) and narrow, usually scabrous, short-awned or nearly awnless 

 llowcring glumes 3 to 5 mm. long.— Dry, sandy, gravelly, or rocky 

 soil from Canada to Florida, and westward to Washington iind 

 California. May-August. 



