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Fig. 241. Eragrostis purshii Schiad. Southern Spear- 

 GEASS. — An annual, 1 to 4 dm. bigh, with the erect or ascending 

 culms diffusely branching near the base, and diffuse panicles of 

 small, spreading epikelets. — Sandy river banks, waste ground, 

 etc., Massachusetts and Ontario to South Dakota and California, 

 south to Florida, Texas, and Arizona. [Mexico.] June-October. 



