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Fig. 546. Poa nemoralis Lima. Sp. PL 69. Northern Spear- 

 GRASS or Wood Meadow-grass. — A slender, erect, and rather 

 rigid perennial 1.5 to 6 dm. high, with narrow, flat leaves aud 

 usually open panicles 4 to 10 cm. long. Spikelets 2- to 5-flowered, 

 3 to 5 mm. long, with very acute empty glumes (a) aud faintly 

 nerved flowering glumes, which are 2 to 3 mm. long and webbed 

 at the base. — Dry or rather moist soil, Labrador and Newfound- 

 laud to Pennsylvania, westward to British Columbia, Idaho, and 

 Colorado. [Europe, Asia.] June-September. 



