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Fig. 588. Lepturus filiformis (Roth) Trio. Fund. Agios. 123. 

 1820. {HotiboelUa JiUfonnis Roth, Catah, 1:21. 1797.) Slp:nder 

 Hahd-grass. A slender aud rather rigid, much-branched annual, 

 1 to 3 dm. high, with narrow, fiat leaves, and slender, erect, or 

 curved spilces 2 to 12 cm. long. Spilcclets 1 to 5 mm. long, witli 

 acute empty glumes aud 1-nerved tlo svering glumes 3.5 mm. long. 

 Waste places, southern Pennsylvania to Virginia. Introduced 

 from Europe. Maj-July. 



