amm 
eee rr, Fl. N. Y. 9: 459. 1843, SLENDER SPEAR- 
ue ot MOO both perennial 3-5 dm. (19-29) high, with rather 
and nodding, e re open panicles 4-12 cm. Supt ) 
1 much shorter than the internodes; 
5 eaf-blades 2.5-11 em. aca long, 2 mm. (1%) wide or Tas 
Scabrous above, Spikelets 3-4 mm. (12% long, 2- to 4- 
teles acute empty glumes (a), broadly obtuse and scarious- 
flowering glumes (b), which are conspicuonsly webbed at the 
glabrous, In rocky woodlands, Nova Scotia and New Bruns- 
Pennsylvania and westward to Minnesota. May to July. 
