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Fig. 155. DESCHAMPSIA FLEXUGSA ( Linii. ) Trin. Gram. Suppl. 66. 1836. 

 (Airaflexuosa Linn. Sp. PI. 05. 1753. ) TUFTED HAIR-GRASS.— A slender, erect 

 I)erennial about 6 dm. (2°) high, with invohite-setaceous, radical leaves and 

 diffuse panicles 5-20 cm. (2'-8') long. Sheaths much shorter than the inter- 

 nodes; ligule 2 mm. (1") long or less; leaves smooth beneath, scabrous above, 

 the basal ones very numerous. Spikelets (a, b) 4.5-5 mm. (2i"-2i") long; 

 empty glumes about as long as the florets; flowering glumes (>) 4 mm. (2") 

 long, hairy at the base; awn twisted and geniculate, exceeding the glumee. — 

 Labrador southward along the mountains to North Carolina and Tennessee, 

 and westward from New York to Wisconsin. (Greenland and Europe.) May 

 to August. 



This grass has little value, but is of some importance in forming woodland 

 pastures, as it grows well in shady places. 

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