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Fig. 474, Arctagrostis latifolia (R. Br.) Griseb. in Ledb. Flor. 

 Eoss. 4 : 434. 1853. {Colpodium hiiifolUtm E. Br. Suppl. App. 

 Parry's Voy. 286. 1824). Broad-leafed Arctic Bent. A rather 

 stout, glabrous, erect perennial 1.5 to 6 dm. bigli, o'itb narrow 

 pauioles 3 to 16 cm. long. Spikelets 3 to 4 mm. long, with nearly 

 equal empty glumes (a) shorter than the obtuse, scabrous flower- 

 iug glunio and palea (6). Greenland and Labrador to Alaska. 

 [Northern Europe and Asia.] August. 



