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Fig. 565. Dupontia psilosantha Eupr. Flor. Samaj. Cisural. 

 65, t. 6. 1845. (Grapliepliorum fisheri psilosanthum A. Gray.) 

 Slender Dupontia. — A slender, erect, glabrous perennial 2 to 4 

 dm. high, from a creeping rootstock, with flat, attenuate-pointed 

 leaves and contracted or, in anthesis, spreading panicles 7 to 12 

 cm. long. Spikelets 2- to 3-flowered, 6 to 7 mm. long, with broad 

 and usually obtuse empty glumes (a) and obovate, obtuse, gla- 

 brous flowering glumes, — Newfoundland, Hudsons Bay to Alaska. 

 [Arctic-Sibeiia.] August, September. 



