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Fig. 514. Eragrostis capillaris Nees, Agrost. Bras. 505. 1829. 

 { I'oa cajnllaris Liinn. Sp. P1.68; Foa tenuis FAl.) Lace-GRASS. — 

 An erect auimal, 15 to 60 cm. Ligli, branching at the base, with 

 an oblong-ovoid, widely expanded panicle of very small 2- to 

 I (lowered spikelets, 2 to 'A mm. long. — Dry, sandy fields and road- 

 sides, Khode Island to Illinois and Missonri, south to Georgia 

 and Texas. August, September. 



