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the culms are able to push upward when buried, it can 

 grow in drifting sand. It has been utilized as a sand- 

 binder in Europe and more recently in America, especially 

 on Cape Cod and in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. 

 In Europe marram-grass is used also for paper-making. 



237. Lagurus L. — The one species, L. ovatus L., a 

 native of Europe, is cultivated as an ornamental grass for 

 dry bouquets. It is an annual with ovoid woolly heads, 

 and narrow pointed plumose glumes. 



