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Fig. 236. Triodia pulchella HBK. (SiefiliiuimpulcheUa Kuntze); 

 Heal, (irasses N. Am., 2; 468. — A low, densely tutted aud often 

 creeping perennial 2 to 15 cm. high, with very narrow leaves and 

 crowded spikelets in clusters of three to six, whieh are equaled or 

 exceeded by the iipper leaves. — Western Texas to Nevada and 

 southern California. TNorthern Mexico.] Feliruary-Jiine. 



