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Fig. 490. Calamagrostis vaseyi Beal, Grasses N. Am. 2 : 344. 

 1896. Vasey's Eeed-grass. A densely cajspitose, erect peren- 

 nial, 6 to 7.5 dm. high, with flat and rather rigid leaves and con- 

 tracted, spike-like, often interrupted panicles 6 to 8 cm. long. 

 Spikelets about 4.5 mm. long; flowering glume 3 mm. long with 

 a nearly straight awn 3 to 4 mm. long. Mountains of ^Yashington 

 and Oregon. July, August. 



