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Fig. 145. CALAMAGROSTIS AL.EUTICA Bong. Veg. Ins. Sitcha, 171. 1831.— 

 A stout, erect perennial 6-15 dm. (20-5°) high, with long and rather stiff, flat 

 leaves and densely many-flowered, narrow panicles 15-30 cm. (6'-12') long. 

 SpikeletB 5-6 mm. {2i"-S") long, with nearly equal acuminate-pointed empty 

 glumes (c) which are a little longer than the awned flowering glume (d); awn 

 inserted ^ust below the middle of the glume, which it barely equals. Callus 

 hairs few and short.— Along the seashore, in rocky or marshy places, Alaska 

 and Unalaska to California. June to September, 



Var. PATENS Kearney, U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Agros. Bui. 1 1 : 20. 1898. A form 

 with geniculate culms flat leaf-blades, and open, ovate panicles 2 dm. (8') long, 

 the primary branches wide-spreading, finally horizontal. California. 



