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the culms are able to push upward when buried, it can 
grow in drifting sand. It has been utilized as a sand- 
binder in Europe and more recently in America, especially 
on Cape Cod and in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. 
In Europe marram-grass is used also for paper-making. 
237. Lagurus L—The one species, L. ovatus L., a 
native of Europe, is cultivated as an ornamental grass for 
dry bouquets. It is an annual with ovoid woolly heads, 
and narrow pointed plumose glumes. 
