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Fig. 220. Bulbilis dactyloides (Nutt.) Eaf, {Bnchlol- dacfy- 

 loides Engelm.); Brittou and Brown, 111. FL, 1 : 183. Buffalo- 

 grass. — A low, tine-leafed, and extensively creeping jjerennial, 

 rarely more than 1 to 1.') dm. higli. Similar to Bermuda in habit 

 of growth. — Dry prairies and river bottoms, Minnesota and South 

 Dakota (ascends to 1,650 m. in lUack Hills), to Arkansas, southern 

 Texas, and Colorado. [Mexico.] March-August. 



