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slender, ee OVINA Linn, Sp. Pl. 73. 1753. 
rect perennial 2-6 dm. ($ o.29) high, wi h narro 
panicles 
umes (a) 
filiform, mval y tufted, e 
Seen Eee leaves and ae parri (expanding while in bioom) 
and ly LO Spikelets 3- to 5- flowered, with u 
5 smooth or scabro us flowering glumes (b) 4 un 
land d Pennsylvania and westward 
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suited to Bet, dry aut , espeeially valuable for sheep 
goradh FESCUE.— 
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to the Pacific. 
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ures and is weli 
