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Fiu. 588. Lepturus filiformis (Kofli) Trin. Fimd. Agros. 123. 

 181'0. {notiboellia fiUj'ormis Jioih,CaiUi\., 1:21. 1797.) Slender 

 IIakd-GKASS.— A slender aud rather rigid, nmeh-bruncbed animal, 

 1 to 3 dm. high, with narrow, flat leaves, and slender, erect, or 

 cnrve<l spikes 2 to 12 cm. long. Spikelets 1 to 5 mm. long, with 

 acute empty glumes and 1-nerved fl() wering glumes H.5 mm. long. — 

 Waste places, southern Pennsylvania to Virginia. Introduced 

 from Eurojje. May-July. 



