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Fig. 239. Dissanthelium californicum (Xutt.) Benth. ; Beal. 

 Grasses N. Am., 2 : 473 (Stenochlua californica Nutt.). — A slender, 

 glabrous, branching annual 1 to 3 dm. high, with short, narrow 

 leaves and contracted, spike-like panicles 4 to 8 cm. long. — Santa 

 Catalina Island, southern California, and Guadaloupe Islands, 

 Lower California. September. 

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