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Fig. 298. Agropyron repens (L. ) Beauv. (Triticum repens L.;. 

 Couch-grass. An erect, stoloniferous perennial 3 to 12 dm. high, 

 with flat leaves, which are pilose along the nerves ahove, and 

 terminal, densely flowered spikes. Naturalized in lawns, way- 

 sides, and cultivated ground, Newfoundland and Cape Breton to 

 Northwest Territory, south to District of Columbia, Ohio, and 

 Iowa. [Europe and Asia.] June-Se2>tember. 



