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Fig. 83. Savastana odorata (L.) Scribn. (Hierochloe boreali* 

 R. & S.). Vanilla-grass. — A slender, sweet-scented, stoloniferons 

 l»erennial 3 to 6 diu. high, with short culm-leaves and brownish, 

 open panicles. The flat leaves of the sterile shoots are 1 to 3 dui. 

 long. — Newfoundland and New Brunswick to southern New York, 

 west to Minnesota and Iowa ; in the Rockies from British America 

 south to Arizona and Mexico; Alaska southward in the mountains 

 to Oregon. [Cooler temperate regions and high mountains of 

 >>otn hemispheres.] April-August. 



