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and somewhat exceeding the spikelet. Leaves narrow, involute. 
Anthers two thirds as long as the pale, generally violet. 
Am.: West Greenl. 60°—68° 42’ (!). 
Geogr. area: North America, Iceland, Ferées, Europe, Caucasus, 
Northern Asia. 

Fig. 83. Agrostis borealis Hartm. %/, nat. size. (Spec. from East Greenland). 
a, flower. b, flower of A. canina L. 
173. A. borealis Hartm., Scand. FI. ed. III, 1838 (ed. XI p. 521). 
Murbeck in Bot. Not.1898, p.11; A.rubra Wg. (p. pt.); Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV 
p. 440; Lge. Consp. Fl. Groenl. p. 157; Abromeit, Grénl. Exped. p.97; Hartz, 
