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Fig. 210. Dactylocteiiiiini aegyptium (L.) Willd. (Ci/nosurus 

 (itfijpthts L. ; DiKlyloclenhtm a ;it/ptiaciim Willd.). Crowfoot- 

 GRASS. — A low, tufted or creeping grass, with asoeiuliiig rtower- 

 ing stems rarely 3 dm. liigli, and three to live dii:itate sjiikes 2 to 

 5 fMii. long. — Waste, or ciiltivate<l ground, southern New York to 

 Illinois, south to Florida and Texas, west to California. [Widely 

 distriliuteil in tropical and siihtropiral regions of both hemis- 

 pheres.] May-December. 



