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Fig. ".SO. Festuca octoflora Walt. Flor. Carol, BL 1788. Fes- 

 toon teneJla TTilld. Enum. 1 : 113. 1809. Slexdek Fescue.— A 

 slender, erect, more or less eiespitose annual 1 to 5 dm. high, with 

 narrow, simple panicles 2 to 15 cm. long. Spikelets 5- to 13-rlow- 

 ered. 6 to 10 mm. long, with slightly unequal, acute empty glumes 

 :.d narrow, usually scabrous, short-awned or nearly awnles* 

 dowering glumes 3 to 5 mm. long. — Dry. sandy, gravelly, or rocky 

 soil from Canada to Florida, and westward to Washington and 

 California. May-August. 



