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Fig. 448. Muhlenbergia capillaris Trin. Unifl. 191. 1824. 

 (Stipa capillaris Lam. 1791.) Bearded Hair-grass. — A rigid, 

 erect, glabrous, and unbrancbed perennial 6 to 10 dm. bigh, witb 

 long, involute leaves and sbowy, capillary panicles 15 to 45 cm. 

 long. Spikelets about 4 mm. long, witb nearly equal empty 

 glumes and smootb flowering glume wbicb bears a slender awn 6 

 to 18 mm. long. — Dry, sandy, or rocky soil, open woods, etc., 

 Massacbusetts to Florida and westward to Texas. August - 

 October. 



