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Fig. 263. Pleuropogon refractum (A. Gray) Benth. (Lopho- 

 chhviia rcfmcta A. Gray) ; Beal, Grasses X. Am., 2 : 514. Nodding 

 Pleukopogox. — A slender perennial to 12 dm. bigli from creep- 

 ing rootstocks, with flat leaves and terminal racemes of six to 

 ten drooi)ing spikelets 2 to 3 cm. long. — In swamps and along 

 mountain streams (alt. 1,200 to 3,850 m.), California to Washing- 

 ton. May-August. 



