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Fig. 482. Agrostis paludosa Scribn. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. 

 Agios., Bull. 11: 49. fig. 7, 1898. Marsh Bent. A low, densely 

 Cii'spitose perennial 1 to 1.5 cm. Ligh, with soft, narrow leaves, 

 and narrow, rather densely tlowered panicles 3 to 5 cm. long. 

 Spikelets about 3 mm. long, with ovate-lanceolate, acute empty 

 glumes (a), which are a little longer than the broadly obtuse and 

 minutely scabrous flowering glume (''). Palea O.o mm. long. 

 Labrador. August, September. 



