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Fig. 510. Molinia ceerulea (L.) Moench, Meth. 183. 1794. (Aira 

 ccerulea L. Sp. PI. 63; Enodium cwruleum Gaud.) Molinia. — A 

 rather coarse and rigid perennial 6 to 10 dm. high, with rather 

 stiff' leaves and narrow, usually purplish panicles 15 to 30 cm. 

 long. Spikelets 2- to 4-flowered, 5 to 8 mm. long, with obtuse, 

 3-nerved flowering glumes about 4 mm. long. — Sparingly intro- 

 duced by ships' ballast and in waste places. [Europe.] August, 

 September. 



