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Fig. 508. Sieglingia decumbens Bernh. Syst. Verz. d. Erfurtb. 

 Ptl. 40. 1800. (Triodia decumbens Beauv. Agrost. 67. 1812. Fes- 

 tuca decumbens Linn. ) Heather-grass. — An erect or often decum- 

 bent, glabrous perennial, with narrow leaves and simple, con- 

 tracted panicles 2 to 4 cm. loug. Spikelets (a) 3- to 5-flowered, 6 

 to 10 mm. long, with acute empty glumes and obtusely 3-toothed 

 flowering glumes (c) which are ciliate on tbe margins below. — 

 Newfoundland. Introduced. [Europe, Asia.] August, Septem- 

 ber. 



