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Fig. 493. Calamagrostis fasciculata Kfarney, U. S. Dcpt. 

 Agr., Div. Agros.. Bull. 11 : 23, fig. 1. July, 1898. Couch Bknt- 

 tJKA.ss. A slender, riithn- rigid, erect perennial G to 10 dm. high, 

 from creeping rootstockh, witli narrow, mostly erect leaves ;iiul 

 <i)ntracled panicles o to 10 cm. long. Spikelets about 4 mm. long, 

 \\ itii a truncate and 4-dentatelloral glume, wbieh has a few short 

 Ijairs at the base and l)ear8 an awn on the back below the middle, 

 \\ hieh usiiall.v exceeds tlie glnme. Mendocino and Marin conn- 

 ti<!8, Cal. .'uly, August. 



