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Fi<;. 5itl. Agropyron violaceum (irorniu.) A'asoy. (Trilkion 

 viohuvniit Hoiniii. I'l. Dan. t.20ll. 1832.) 18^i3. Northern WiiKAT- 

 GRASS. An erect, ca-spitoso pereuuial, with rather short, Ihit 

 leaves and (ou)])arativoly stout si)ikf8 2 to G cm. long. Spiki'lets 

 3- to 4-llo\verctl, with short-awnL-d or awnlcss f^hinics, which are 

 broadest above thf niiddhi. Labrador anil southward in the moun- 

 tains of New Enghiud, New York, and Pennsylvania, westward to 

 Colorado and I'tali, and northward to Alaska. .Iinie-Septeniber. 



