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Fig. 212. Leptochloa fascicularis (Lam.) A. Gray. Clus- 

 tered 8alt-(;ka.ss. — An erect. iisiendiiijLf or nioro or less diflusely 

 spreading, cji-Hjiitose, iuiub-l>raucbe<l animal ."> to 6 dm. Ligli, with 

 numerous, erect, crowded spikes 6 to x <iii. long. — Salt marshes 

 along the coast, Rliode Island to Texas; saline soil in the interior, 

 western New York to South Dakota, Nevada, New Mexico, and 

 Texas. [Mexico and West Indies.] July-September. 



