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Fig. 512. Eragiostis pilosa (Linn.) IJeauv. Agrost. 162. 1812. 

 {Poa pilona L. Sp. PI. 68.) Slexder Meadow-grass.— A slcuder, 

 branchin<j annual 1.5 to 4.5 dm. high, with narrow, flat leaf-blades 

 and open, capillary panicles of small, appressed, 5- to 12-flowered 

 spikelets (a) 3 to 6 mm. long.— In cultivated fields, roadsides, and 

 sandy shores, Massachusetts to Illinois and Kansas, south to Flor- 

 ida, Texas, and Arizona. [Widely distributed in tropical and 

 warm temj)erate countries.] June-September. 



