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Fig. 507. Scolochloa festucacea (Willd. i Link. {Ari(ii(lo/e.s- 

 tucacea ^\ illil. Kiiuiii. 1:120. 1809.) Sri;AN(ii.i:-i()p. A stout, 

 erect, glabrous pereuuial 9 to ]'> dm. liigli, with lonj;', Hat Icavt-s 

 and open panicles Itj to 30 cm. long. Spikclcts 3- to 5-Ho\vei>ed, (5 

 to 8 mm. long, ^\ ith une(|ual, acute, outer glumes (a) and 7-ner\ ed, 

 scabrous flowering glumes which liavca tuftofhairs at the base. 

 Wet grounds or In shallnw water, Minnesota, Iowa to Nebraska, 

 and northward. LXortht.-rn Kurope.] June-August. 



