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P^iG. 473. Polypogon niaritimiis \\'ill(l. in Nov. Act. Soc. Nat. 

 Cur. Berol. 3:413. 1801. (I'ldcuiii criiiitiim Koxl>.) Sea-sidk 

 lii:ARi)-(ii<ASS. An erect, slender annual 1.5 to 3 dm. liigb, with Hat 

 leaves and densely-flowered, spike-like panicles 2 to 4 cm. lonjj. 

 Si)ikelets with two-lobcd, awned empty glnmes (a), which are vil- 

 lous at the apex and twice lonj^er than the short-awned floral 

 ylume {!)). Awn of the empty j;lume.s 4 to 6 mui. long. Lower 

 California and, aeeordin;; to Cha])ui;ni, alonjf the seashore of 

 North and South C'aioliiia. [Kuropo.] June. 

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