10' 



Fig. 101. MUHLENBERGIA TENTJIFLORA (Willd.) B. S. P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 

 67. 1888. (Agrostis tenuiflora Willd. 8p. PL 1: 364, 1797; Muhlcnhergia willdenovii 

 Trin.Unifl.188. 1824.) SLENDER-FLOWERED DROPSEED.— An erect, simple 

 or sparingly-branched perennial 3-9 dm. (10-3°) high, with creeping, scaly root- 

 stocks, flat leaf-blades and rather few-flowered linear panicles 15-30 cm. 

 (6'-12') long, the branches appressed. Spikelets (a) 3 mm. {1\") long; empty 

 glumes slightly unequal, acute about one-half the length of the flowering 

 glume; callus bearded; awn slender, about 8 mm. (4") long.— Rocky Avoods, 

 Massachusetts to Ontario, Minnesota, Texas, Alabama, and Virginia. August, 

 September. 



Of no recognized agricultural value. 



