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Fig. 450. Lycurus phleoides HBK. Nov. Geu. 1 : 142, t. 45. 1S15. 

 Tkxax Timothy. — A slender and somewhat wiry perennial 2 to 

 4.5dMi. high, much brauchL'd and often geniculate at the base, with 

 narrow, long-pointed leaves and cylindrical, spike-like panicles 3 

 to 6 cm. long. Spikelets 4 mm. long, with awned glumes, the iirst 

 glume (C) often terminating in two unequal awiis, the flowering 

 glume terminating in an awn as long as its(df. — Dry soil on the 

 plains and mesas, Colorado to Texas and westward to New Mexico 

 and Arizona. [Mexico.] May-October. 



