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Fig. 140. Agrostis elliottiana Schult. (A. araehnoides Ell.). 

 Spider Bent-grass. — A low, branching annual, rarely exceeding 

 3 dm. high, with narrow, flat leaves and diffuse, capillary panicles. 

 The flowering glume bears a long and very slender awn. — Dry 

 hillsides and old fields, South Carolina to Kentucky and Missouri, 

 south to Florida and Texas. April, May. 



