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Fig. 483. Agrostis alba Linn. Sp. PI. 60. IIkkd's Gkass or 

 Rkd-top. A well known perennial of variable liabit, often .stolo- 

 uiferous, with smooth ciilnis o to !l dm. liifjli, Hat leave.s, and ereit, 

 mauy-tlowered, open panicle.s 1 to 18 cm. long. Spikelets 2 to 

 3 mm. long, with abruptly acute empty glnmes (), which are a 

 little longer than the obtuse or truncate (lowering glume. I'alea 

 one-half tn tlirof-fourths as long as the glume, 'i'liroughout the 

 United States, excepting in the extreme South. [Europe.] June- 

 September. 



