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Fig. 98. Sieglingia decumbens Bernh. (Triodia decumbens Beauv.) 

 HEATHER-GRASS.— a, A single spikelet; b, a floret; c, the dorsal view of a 

 flowering glume. 



98. SIEGLINGIA Bernh. Syst. Verz. Pfl. Erfurt. 40. 1800. Spikelets 3- to 5- 

 flowered. Empty glumes 2, acute, the 1st 3- the 2d 5-nerved, subequal; flower- 

 ing glume obtusely 3-toothed, 5-nerved, ciliate on the margins below. Palea 

 shorter than its glume. Stamens 3. Styles distinct; stigmas plumose. Grain 

 free. A densely caespitose perennial, with narrow, flat leaves and small, ter- 

 minal, simple panicles. 



Species 1, Northern Europe and Asia, and Newfoundland, where it has prob- 

 ably been introduced. 



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