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FiG.293. Biomus unioloides (Wilkl.) HBK. Rescue-grass. — 

 An orect, usually auuuiil grass, 3 to 9 dm. liigli, with more or less 

 pubescent, ll:it leaf blades, aud usually nodding, loose panicles of 

 rather largt\ strongly llatteucd s])ikelets. — Prairies and dry, sandy 

 fields, Indian Territory and Texas to Arizona; naturalized in Ala- 

 bama. [Mexico and South America.] March-July. 



