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Fig. 252. Eatonia obtusata (Michx.) A. Gray. Early Bunch- 

 grass. — A tufted perennial \.~> to 6 dm. high, with tint leaf blades 

 and rather densely flowered, nodding panicles. — Low ground, 

 chiefly along streams, usually in shade, Massachusetts and Onta- 

 rio to Assiniboia and Iiritisli Columbia, south To Florida, Texas, 

 and southern California. March-August. 



