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Fig. 472, Polypogon littoralis (With.) Smith Comp. Fl. Brit. 

 Ed. 2, 13. 1816 (Agrostis littoralis With. Bot. Arr. Brit. PI. Ed. 3, 

 2 : t. 23. 1796). Beard Grass.— A tufted, slender, or rather 

 stout perennial, 3 to 6 dm. high, with scabrous, flat leaves and 

 narrow, densely flowered, much lobed panicles, 5 to 12 cm. long-. 

 Spikelets, 2 to 3 mm. long, with scabrous, subulate-pointed empty 

 glumes (a) and broadly truncate or eiuarginate, awned flowering- 

 glumes, 1 mm. long. Awn about 2 mm. long. — Wet places Cali- 

 fornia and Oregon to Vancouver Island. [Europe and South 

 America.] May, June. 



