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Fk;. 5^1. Festuca myuros l.iiiM. Sp. ri. 71. ll^t',}. JtAi'.s-rAii. 

 Fescue. A sinooth, slciidi r, erect luiuiial 3 to 6 din. biyli, with 

 narrow, involute li-avcs und contracted, usually one-sided |>.nii- 

 ck'8 8 to L* I cm. Ion i;. Spikelets:^- tofi-llowoii-d, with very nnciiual, 

 iiciite empty j^Iumics (), and narrow, scahroiis, slcnder-awn<'d 

 flowering glumes 4 to l! nini. ioiii;. .Vwuh niu( li longer than tlie 

 glunu!8. Fields and waste ])iaces. Massachiisct ts to i'lori<la. ,iiid 

 wcstwanl to Caliioiniii and Washington. [ICuropc. | April-. Inly. 



