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Fig. 219. Leptochloa mucronata (Michx.) Kuiith. Feather- 

 grass. — A more or less braiifbuiu; auuual 6 to 12 dm. higb, with 

 rather broad, flat leaves and long terminal iianicles of many 

 slender spikes. — A weed in cnltivated and waste grounds, Virginia, 

 Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Alabama, Texas, Indian Territory, 

 Arizona, and California. [Northern Mexico and Cuba.] June- 

 October, 



