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Fk;. 342. Paiiicum saccharatum liuckl. Prel. Rep. Geol. and 

 Agr. Suiv. Tex. 2. 1866. ( P. lachnanihum Ton- , 1857, not ITochst. 

 1855). Aui/oNA C()iT()N-(iKASs. — A leafy, cn^ct pireuuial, S to 9 

 dm. bigli, usually nnuli-bniiiclied below; ciilnis tciiuinatctl by 

 narrow panitles 10 to 20 cm. long. Spikelets (a, h) about 3 mm. 

 long, densely silky-villoiis, tlio sjn-cading bairs lu-arly 3 to 1 mm. 

 long. — Dry billsidcs, ranyon.s, etc., soutbeiii Colorado, Texas, New 

 Mt-xico, and Arizona. 



