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AGROSTIS ALBA Linn. Sp. ‘Pi. 63. 1758. HERD'S GRASS or 
; DOM kno loniferous, with 
am. (1 9-39) high, flat leaves and erect, many-flowered 
a gule 2-8 mm 
open 
hs A (%% long: 
8) pda scabrous. Spikelets 2-3 mm. (4%) long, 
es (a), which are a aps longer than the 
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at i ) a in A. Gray Man. ed. 6, 647. 1890, is a form with 
e than 2 mm. (1) in length and more spreading 
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