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Fig. 510. Molinia caerulea (L.) Moeuch, Meth. 183. 1794. {Aira 

 cwrulea Ij. .Sp. PI, 63; EnoiUum caruleum Gaud.) Molixia. A 

 rather coarse and rigid perennial 6 to 10 dm. high, ^yith rather 

 stift" leaves and narrow, usually purplish panicles 15 to 80 cm. 

 long. Spikelets 2- to 4-flowered, 5 to 8 mm. long, with obtuse, 

 3-nerved flowering glumes about 4 mm. long. Sparingly intro- 

 duced by ships' ballast and in waste places. [Europe.] August, 

 September. 



