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AGROSTIS FOLIOSA Va-suy, liull. Tun. Clul., xiii. 55 (188(i). 



I'ldiiln iieiemiial, IVoiu a creeping rootstock, tufted. 



Vulms evKv.t or decumbent at the base, leafy tbrougliout, sniooth, 1 to li feet tall. 



Lvarin of the culm 3 to .5; sheaths .smooth, dose, c(iualing or often exceeding the 

 internodes; blades fiat, long ])(iinted, liispiduloiis or nearly smooth, 2 to '.\ lines wide. 

 4 to 8 inches long; ligule obtuse, 1 to 2 lines long. 



I nflorencencc a loose, oblong, erect itanicle, .'J to (j inclies lung; lays 3 to 7 at each 

 of the 7 to 9 nodes, slender, scabrid, 2 inches long or less, subdivided, and si)ikelet- 

 bearing beyond the middle, or nearly to the base. 



Siiikclctx l-Howered, 1 to \.\ lines long; empty glumes, ovate, acute, hispid on tlie 

 keel, or the second usually smooth, 1-nerved, etjual, or the iirst slightly larger,! to 1] 

 lines long; lloral glume ovate-oblong, nearly ci|ualing the empty glumes, smooth exc.ej)! 

 a slight tuft of hairs at the base, l-nerved above, the nerves terminating in 1 short 

 teeth; awn arising at the middle or below, i to 2 lines Uing; palet wanting; grain .\ 

 line long. 



PlA'J i; LIII ; a, spikelet with floret lifted out of the empty glumes; /*, floral glume 

 not opened at the base, dorsal view ; c, lloral glume, ventral view. 



Oregon and WashiiigtoTi, in the inountains. This species is rather variable and 

 ditlicult to define, like some others ol the siinie genus in this region, its stoloniferousj 

 pereniual lial)it and al)undant foliage indicate that it might be valuable lor j)asturage 



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