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Fig. 225. Scleropogon brevifoliiis Philippi (Tneiispis mon- 

 sirosa Muuro; Lesoiirdia mnUUiora aud L. kariciuski/ana Fouru.). — 

 A wiry, creeping perennial with densely tufted, upright, leafy 

 branches 1 to 2.5 cm. high, aud unisexual spikelets: the pistillate 

 long-avrned, the staminate awuless. — Dry mesas aud canyons, 

 Colorado to Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and southward into 

 Mexico and South America. Mav-October. 



