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Fig. 125. SPOROBOL.X7S COMPRESSUS (Torr.) Kunth. Enum. 1: 217. 1833. 

 {Agrostls compressa Torr. Cat. PI. N.Y. 91. 1819.) FLAT-STEMMED SPORO- 

 BOLUS.— A csespitose perennial, with short, scaly rootstoeks, flattened culms 

 3-6 dm. (l°-20) high, rather long, condu plicate leaves, and open, capillary pan- 

 icles 10-30 cm. (4'-r2') long. Spikelets (a, b) about 1.5 mm. (f') long, outer 

 glumes subequal, obtuse, or acute, a little shorter than the obtuse and scabrous 

 flowering glume (c). Palea as long as the glume, obtuse.— In bogs and pine 

 barrens, Long Island and New Jersey. September to October. 



