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Fig. 218. Leptochloa pringlei (Vasey) Beal, Grasses N. Am., 

 2: 436.— A rather slender perennial 2.5 to 3.5 dm. high, with 

 narrow leaves and four to six spikes 2.5 to 5 cm. long, apiiroxi- 

 mate near the summit of the culm. Spikelets two- to three- 

 flowered. — Arizona. April, May. 



