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Fig. 477. Cinna latifolia (Trev.) Griseb. in Ledb. Fl. Ross. 4 : 

 435. 1853. (Agrostis latifolia Treviran, 1830; Cinna pendulaTiin. 

 1841.) Slender Indian Reed. — A rather slender, smooth per- 

 ennial, with erect, simple culms, long, flat leaves 4 to 12 mm. 

 wide, and open, nodding panicles 10 to 20 cm. long. Spikelets (a) 

 about 3 mm. long, with nearly equal, acute outer glumes and short- 

 awned or nearly awnless flowering glume (&), which is raised on 

 a short stipe. — Thickets and moist woodlands, Newfoundland 

 to British Columbia and southward to Xorth Carolina and Utah. 

 July-September. 



