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Fig. 103. MTJHLENBERGIA RACEMOSA (Michx.) B. S. p. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 

 67. 1888. {Agrostisracemomynchx.F\.BoT.Am..l: 53. ISOS: M. glomerata Trin. 

 Unifl. 191. 1824.) WILD TIMOTHY.-A rather stout, upright perennial, with 

 very tough and densely .scaly rootstocks, nearly simple culms 6 to 9 dm. {2°-S°) 

 high, and densely flowered, narrow panicles 5-10 cm. (2'-4') long. Spikelets 

 (a) 4-6 mm. (2"-3") long, the long acuminate-pointed outer glumes nearly 

 equal and exceeding the very acute flowering glume (b), which is densely 

 bearded at the base.— Moist meadows and low grounds, Newfoundland to New 

 Jersey, Missouri, Arizona, and British Columbia. June to September. 



In the Northwestern States wild timothy has been recommended as an excel- 

 lent hay gra.ss. It is productive and when cut early is valuable. 



