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Fig. 18. Hilaria cenchroides HBK. ; Beal, Grasses N. Am., 2: 

 68. Curly Mesquite.— A slender, creeping perennial, with np- 

 right leafy branches 1 to 3 dm. high.— Dry jtrairies, mesas, and 

 foothills, Texas to Arizcma. [Mexico.] April-October. One of 

 the most valnable of the native grasses for grazing. 



