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Fig. 263. Pleuropogon refractuni (A. Gray) Benth. (Lopho- 

 chlmia refract a A. Gray); Beal, Grasses N. Am., 2 : 514. Nodding 

 Pleuropogon. — A slender perenuial 6 to 12 dm. high from creep- 

 ing rootstocks, with flat leaves and terminal racemes of sis to 

 ten drooping si:)ike]ets 2 to 3 cm. long. — In swamps antl along 

 mountain streams (alt. 1,200 to 3,850 m.), California to Washing- 

 ton. May-August. 



