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Fig. 564. Colpodium fiilviim (Trin.) Griseb. iu Ledeb. Flor. 

 Eoss., 4 : SS."), 1853. (Poa /((/m Trin. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. 

 Ser. 1, 6:378. 1845. Graphephorum fulrum A.Gray). Yelloav 

 Colpodium. A rather stout, erect, leafy, and glabrous perennial, 

 2 to 6 dm. bigh, with flat, sbarp-pointed leaves and open panicles 

 8 to 15 cm. long. Spikelcts 4- to 6-flo^vered, 5 to 6 mm. long, with 

 broadly lanceolate empty glumes {a) and obtuse flowering glumes 

 about 4 mm. long. Moist situations, British Columbia to Alaska. 

 [Greenland and Northern Europe.] August. 



