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Fig. 217. Leptochloa dubia (HBK.) Nees (Chloris diibia HBK. ; 

 Dtplachne dubia Scribn.); Beal, Grasses N. Am., 2: 437. — A rather 

 stout and appareutly perennial species, 3 to 9 dm. high, with 

 usually eight to ten approximate spreading spikes 6 to 8 cm, 

 long. — Southern Florida, Texas to Arizona, and southward into 

 Mexico. April-September. 



