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Fig. 478. Agrostis perennans (Walt.) Tuckerm. Am. Journ. 

 Sci. 45 : 44. 1843. {Cornucopia" perennans Walt. 1788.) Perennial 

 Bent or Thix Grass. — A slender, sparingly "branched, leafy per- 

 ennial, with, weak, ascending culms 3 to 7.5 dm. long, and diffuse, 

 capillary panicles 8 to 16 cm. long. Spikelets 1.5 to 2 mm. long, 

 with acute empty glumes (a), which are a little longer than the 

 glabrous flowering glume (6). — Damp, shaded places, Maine to 

 Minnesota and Nebraska, southward to South Carolina aud Mis- 

 sissippi. May-Sept3mber. 



