AGROSTIS ALBA-VAR, STOLONIFERA, 



FIORIN, OR CREEPING BENT GRASS. 



Eoots creeping, rootstock perennial and stoloni- 

 ferous. Stems G inches to 3 feet. Leaves numerous, 

 flat, short, and usually scabrid ; sheath rough ; ligule 

 long and acute. Panicle spreading, with whorled 

 branches. Spikelets one-flowered, small. Empty glumes 

 larger than flowering glumes, unequal, smooth, and 

 awnless. Flowering glumes slightly hairy at the base, 

 with occasionally a minute awn. Palea minute and 

 cloven at the point. Flowers from July to September. 

 Grows in pastures and damp places throughout 

 Europe, Siberia, North Africa, and North America. 



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