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17. Festuca elatior L. MEADOW FESCUE. (Fig. 78.) Culms 50 

 to 120 cm tall; blades flat, 4 to 8 mm wide, scabrous above; 

 panicle erect, or nodding at summit, 10 "to 20 cm long, contracted 



FIGURE 78. Festuca elatior. Plant, X H; spikelet and floret, X 5. (Amer. Gr. Nat. Herb. 488.) 



after flowering, much-branched or nearly simple, the branches 

 spikelet-bearing nearly to base; spikelets usually 6- to 8-flpwered, 8 

 to 12 mm long; glumes 3 and 4 mm long, lanceolate; lemmas oblong-Ian- 



