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Fig. 277. Poa arida Vasey; Britton and Brown, 111. Fl., 1: 208. 

 Prairie Spear-grass. — An erect, often rather rigid, stoloniferous 

 perennial 3 to 6 dm. high, with flat or folded, stiff leaves and nar- 

 row, rather densely flowered panicles 8 to 15 cm. long. — Meadows 

 and low grounds, Northwest Territory to Kansas and Arizona. 

 April-Angust. 



