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Fru. 577. Festiica ovina Linn. Sp. PI. 73. 1753. Shkep's 

 Fesoi'E. A slender, densely tnfted, ereet perennial 2 to dm. 

 higli, with narrow or lilitbnn, in\uliite leaves and eontracted 

 (expamling while in bloom) panicles 3 to <i em. long. Spikelets 3- 

 to 5-(l(nvered, with nne(iiial empty uliinies (), and usually short- 

 awned, smooth llowering yliimes 3 lo 1 mm. long. - Now England 

 to Pennsylvania, and westward to the I'aeific; esiiecially almn 

 dant in many varieties in tlio Ivocky Mountain region. ,)une- 

 Septemhcr. 



