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Figure 488. — Agrostis hiemalis. Plant, X A; glumes and floret, X 5. (Deam 6514, Ind.) 



flexuous, minutely scabrous; spike- 

 lets 1.5 to 2.5 mm. long; lemma about 

 1.3 mm. long, awnless; palea minute. 

 21 — Mountain meadows, at medi- 

 um and high altitudes, western Mon- 

 tana to Washington, south to New 

 Mexico, Arizona, and the high moun- 

 tains of California; Fairbanks, Alas- 

 ka. Differs from A. scabra in the 



smaller spikelets and in the narrower 

 panicle with shorter flexuous branches. 

 32. Agrostis perennans (Walt.) 

 Tuckerm. Autumn bent. (Fig. 491, 

 A.) Culms erect to somewhat decum- 

 bent at base, varying from weak and 

 lax to relatively stout, 30 to 100 cm. 

 tall, often with lax leafy shoots at 

 base; leaves rather numerous, the 



