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Fig. 589. Lepturus incurvatus (Linn.) Trin. Fund. Agros. 123. 

 1820. (Aegilops incurvata Linn. Sp. PI. i: 1051. 1753; Bottboellia 

 incurvata Linn. Suppl. 114.) Curly Haed-grass. — A low, much 

 "branched annual 1 to 2 dm. high, with narrow leaves and usually 

 strongly incurved spikes 2 to 8 cm. long. Spikelets about 6 mm. 

 long, the acute empty glumes much exceeding the hyaline floral 

 glume. — Borders of brackish marshes, Maryland to southern Vir- 

 ginia, New Jersey (on ships' ballast) and California. Introduced 

 from Europe. 



