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Fig. 273. Poa pratensis L. Kentucky Blue-grass. A slen- 

 der, erect, stolouii'erous perennial :! to ! dm. high, with narrow, ilat 

 leaves and more or less spreading, usually pyramidal panicles. 

 Fields and meadows throughout tlie United States and British 

 America, abundantly naturalized in the East, indigenous in the 

 North and West. [Europe and Asia.) Summer. A valuable 

 pasture grass. 



