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Fi<;. 535. Poa debilis Ton. Fl. N. Y. 2 : 459. 1843. Si.endek 

 Spkah-(;rass. A slender, ere<'t, smooth jxTtMinial 3 to 7 dm. liijjjli, 

 with rather short, Hat leaves and nodding, lew-dowered, opou 

 panicles 4 to 12 cm. long. Spikelets 3 to 4 mm. long, 2- to 4- 

 flowered with unequal, acute em[)ty glumes (a), broadly obtus^ 

 and scarious-tipped Howering glumes which are conspicuously 

 wehlied at the base, lu rocky woodiaiuls. Nova Scotia and New 

 Brunswick, southward to Pennsylvania and westward to Mmne 

 sota. May-.hily. 



