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branched at the base, spreading. Annual; flowers in August. Culms 6 
to 15 inches long. Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio and Michigan. 
76. Eragrostis Capillaris. JVees. 
Syn.—P oa capillaris, Linn. 
Panicle expanding, very compound, loose, delicate; the axils naked; 
spikelets oblong, acute ; 2 to 4 flowered, purplish, on long capillary pe¬ 
dicels ; sheaths and base of the flat leaves often hairy. Annual; flowers 
in August. Culms 1 to 2 feet high. Sandy waste places. Illinois, Ohio, 
Michigan. 
77. Eragrostis Spectabilis. Gray. 
Syn. —Poa spectabilis, Pursh. P. hirsuta, of authors, not of Mx. 
Panicle divergently spreading, the branches rigid, reflexed with age, 
a bearded tuft in the principal axils; spikelets oblong or linear, 7 to 10 
or 15-flowered, purplish, the lateral ones often not exceeding their ap- 
pressed pedicels ; flowers ovate, minutely ciliate ; culm and long leaves 
rigid, mostly smooth ; lower sheaths often downy. Annual; flowers in 
August and September. Culms 1 to 2 feet high. Illinois and Michigan. 
GENUS 29. FESTUCA. Linnceus. 
[Latin— Festuca, an herb.] 
Spikelets three to many-flowered, panicled or racemose; flowers not 
webbed at the base; glumes unequal, mostly keeled; paleae chartaceous, 
roundish on the back, the lateral nerves vanishing below the entire apex 
which is acute, pointed or often bristle-awned; the upper mostly adhering 
at maturity to the inclosed grain; stamens mostly three. 
78. Festuca Tenella. Willdenow. 
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Syn —F. bromoides, Michx. F. octoflora, Walt. 
Panicle very simple and spike-like, somewhat one-sided; spikelets 7 to 
9-flowered ; awns shorter than the involute-awl-shaped paleae, leaves 
almost bristle-form; culm filiform. Annual; flowers in July. Culms 6 to 
12 inches high. Dry, sterile places. Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and 
Ohio. 
79. Festuca Ovina. Linnceus , 
Sheep’s Frescue-grass. 
Panicle very simple, much contracted, partly one-sided; spikelets of 
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