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and spikelets, the spikelets broader, 

 mostly looser, the lemmas 7 to 10 

 mm. long. 2| (F. elatior var. arundi- 

 nacea (Schreb.) Wimm.)— Roadsides 

 and meadows; introduced from Eu- 

 rope, sparingly spontaneous, Maine, 



Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, 

 Michigan, Utah, Washington to Cali- 

 fornia. Recently rather widely culti- 

 vated in the Northern States, and 

 also in Kentucky. 



Figure 59. — Festuca elatior. Plant, X H; spikelet and floret, X 5. (Amer. Gr. Natl. Herb. 488, D. C.) 



