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Fig. 29-1. Nardus stricta L. ; Britton and Brown, 111. Fl., 1: 

 224. Wire Bent. -A glabrous, densely csespitose perennial, with 

 stout, creeping rootstocks, setaceous leaves, and erect, filiform, 

 rigid culms, 10 to 20 cm. high. — Introduced at Amherst, Mass. ; 

 rocky river banks. Newfoundland. [Europe, Greenland an". 

 Azores.] August. 



