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FiG.580. FESTUCA OCTOFLORA Walt. Fl. Car. Bl. 1788. pec more of 
Willd. Mes 1:113. 1809.) SLENDER FESCUE.—A slender, Om ics 
tose annual 1-5 dm. (4/-20’) high, with narrow, simt nle very 
less ch 
2-15 em. om. (9^4) ) long. Sheaths usually shorter than the internodes: fl vered, 
short; leaf-blades 4-8 em. (1Y-8’) long, involute. Spikelets 5- to x and nat 
6-10 mm. (3/-5/) Jong, with slightly unequal, acute empty £ Lame e 
row, usually scabrous, short-aw mad or medrly — Canada t0 
3-5 mm. Dun md Bote sandy, gravelly, or rocky soil, 
Florida and westward to Washington and California, May to August. 
