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Vui. 414. Aristida dichotoma Michx. Flor, Bor. Am. 1 : 41. 

 180:1 P<)\F.KTY Grass. — A slender, erect, dichotonioiisly lnaucli- 

 iiii; annual 1.5 to <> dm. high, with narrow, usually involute 

 leaves and slender, spike-like racemes or simple panicles 4 to 10 

 cm. long. Spikelets about 6 mm. long, with nearly equal outer 

 glumes and narrow, three-awned llowering glumes; lateral awns 

 2 mm. long or less, the middle awn coiled at the base, 5 to 8 mm. 

 long. — Dry, saudy soil IVom Canada southward to Florida and 

 westward to Ontario, Missouri, and 'I'exas. August, September. 



