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Fig. 270. Lamarckia aurea fL.) Moench. Golden-top.— A 

 caespitose, branching annual 1 to 3 dm. liijj;h, with elegant one- 

 sideil i>aiiicles 5 to 8 cm. long.— lutrodnccil into southern and 

 Lower Calil'ornia. [Southern Europe, northern Africa, and Aus- 

 tralia.] March-May. 



