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Fic. 61. Ammophila arenaria (L.) Link, (A. arundinacea por Sa EACH- 
GRASS, MARRAM-GRASS.—a, A re ikelet; b, the same with the empty 
glumes removed showing the hairy callus and short prolongation of the 
61. AMMOPHILA Host Gram. Austr. 4: 24, é. 41. 1809. Spikelets 1-flow- 
ered, hermaphrodite, rather large; rachilla produced beyond the floret into 
. short i s plumose a 20 
and faintly 5-nerved; the 3d or flowering glume similar to the outer ones, 
slightly 2-toothed at the apex, and amucronele — the teeth. Palea as 
long og } gl and deeply furrow: 
aie the keels. Stamens 3. Styles aistinet icons a umose. Grain 
ovoid, 1 A coarse, 
rect perennial, with — Fajncanes, rigid eulms and ati and narrow, 
America south to 
sgnscert 1, on the ions seashores of , the Atlantic coast of North 
: Virginia, and also on the shores of the Great Lakes. 
