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Fig. 482. Agrostis paludosa Scribn. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. 

 Agros., Bull. 11 : 49. fig. 7, 1898. Marsh Bent.— A low, densely 

 Cctspitose perennial 1 to 1.5 cm. high, with soft, narrow leaves, 

 and narrow, rather densely flowered panicles 3 to 5 cm. long. 

 Spikelets about 3 mm. long, with ovate-lanceolate, acute empty 

 glumes (a), which are a little longer than the broadly obtuse and 

 minutely scabrous flowering glume (&). Palea 0.5 mm. long. — 

 Labrador. August, September. 



