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3. A. setdcea (Bog Hair-grass). — Stems erect, slender, polished, 

 about a foot high ; leaves hair-like with linear-lanceolate ligules ; 

 panicle spreading, drooping at the end ; flowering glume with bent, 

 twisted, sub-basal awn ; that of the upper flower on a stalk half its 

 own length. — Wet peaty bogs. — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



4. A. flexuosa (VVavy Hair-grass). — A closely allied species, with 



AfRA obspit6sa (Tufted Hair-grass). 



Short, blunt, almost bristle-like leaves with short, truncate ligules 

 and rough sheaths ; panicle spreading, 2 — 3 in. long, triply forked 

 with wavy branches ; spikelets shining, with fine, hair-like, bent, 

 twisted, sub-basal awns protruding beyond the glumes ; pedicel of 

 upper flower not a quarter of its length. — Heathy places ; common. 

 — Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



5. A. caryophyllea (Silver Hair-grass). — A tufted, slender, and 

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