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Fig. 35. ERIOCHLOA PUNCTATA (L.) \V. Hamilt. Prod. PI. Ind. Occ. 5. 

 1825. {Milium punctatum L. Amoen. Acad. 5: 392. 1759.) EVERLASTING- 

 GRASS— A rapid-growing, smooth, and somewhat succulent perennial, with 

 more or less branching culms 6-12 dm. (2°-4'^) high, flat leaves, and narrow 

 panicles 5-10 cm. (2'-4') long. Spikelets (6, c) short pediceled, about 4 mm. (2") 

 long; empty glumes oblong-lanceolate, the upper short-awned; flowering 

 glumes {(t) about one-third shorter than the outer ones. A portion of the 

 rachis is shown at a —Low. rich land, moist soil, prairies, etc., Kansas to Texas 

 and Arizona. (Tropical America. Asia, and Au.stralia. ) June to September. 



In Australia this is regarded as an excellent pasture grass. In Arizona it 

 grows throughout the valleys in irrigated soil or in the rich moist places of the 

 plains, affording rich and abundant grazing. 



