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Fig. 253. Eatonia nitida 'Sprengel; Xash (Aira nitida Spr. ; 

 Eatonia dudleyi Vasev;. — A slender, erect, and c^spitose jiereu- 

 Tiial 3 to 6 dm. high, -with short, flat, spreadiug leaves and rather 

 few-flowered, nodding panicles. — Dry, open woodlands, Rhode 

 Island and New York westward to ]^orth Dakota, and southward 

 to North Carolina, Mississippi and Texas. April-.June. 



