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Fig. 516. Eragrostis secundiflora Presl, Keliq. Haenk. 1:27(5. 

 1830. {Erafjrontis ojylejns Torr. ; Voa inierrupta Nutt. not Lam.) 

 PuiU'LK LoVE-CKASS.— A Smooth iiereunial 1.5 to 9 dm. bigb, with 

 rather rigid, uarrow leaves and contracted or o^ten panicles 'A to 

 12 cm. long. Spikelets (a, h) crowded, strongly compressed, 8- to 

 40-flowered, 6 to 20 mm. long, with acute glumes.— Dry soil, 

 Florida, Alahama and wcstwanl to Kansas, Indian Territory, 

 Texas, and (.'alifornia. [Mexico and Central America.] .Iiily- 

 Novembcr. 



