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Fig. 136. AGROSTIS COARCTATA Ehrh. in Hoffm. Deutsch. Fl. ed. 2, 1: 

 37. 1800.— A creeping perennial with slender culms, the upright branches 

 about 3 dm. (1°) high, short, flat leaves, and narrow, rather densely flowered 

 panicles .>-10cm. (2'-4') long; branches erect, 3 cm. (li') long, or less; spikelets 

 numerous, crowded, 2.5 mm. (1") long, acute; empty glumes (a) hLspid on 

 the keel; flowering glume (5) hyaline, apex rounded or truncate. Palea one- 

 fourth to one-half as long as the glume. Stems often prostrate.— Damp soil 

 and sands along or near the coast, Newfoundland to New Jersey. (Europe.) 

 July to October. A fine-leaved, excellent turf-formings pecies, valuable fcr 

 lawns. 



