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Fig. 481. Agrostis vaiians Trin. Agrost., 1- : 68. 1841. Slkn- 

 DKK Bkxt-grass. A densely cii-spitose perennial 1 to I'.Ti dm. 

 lii^li, witli flat, erect leaves and contracted, almost sjiike-likc 

 paniclea 3 to 5 cm. lon;r. Si)ikelet8 'J.3 mm. lon^;-, with nearly 

 eijual, subacute emjty glumes (a) and minutely toothed, hyaline, 

 awnleSH flowering glumes (/') 1.7 mm. long. Mountains of Oregon, 

 W.-isliington, and ( 'alit'oi'nia ,1 ii 1 y-Septom1>cr. 



