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Fig. 87. ARISTIDA LANOSA Muhl. Gram. 174. 1817. {Aristida gossypina 

 Bosc. in Beauv. Agrost. 30. 1812, nomen; A. lanata Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 1: 

 453. 1810. Not Forsk. 1775.) WOOLLY POVERTY-GRASS.— A rather stout 

 perennial, with simple stems 6-12 dm. (2°-4°) high, and narrow panicles 30-60 cm. 

 (12'-24') long, nodding, rather loosely flowered, the unequal lower branches 2-5 

 cm. ( l'-2') long. Leaves flat, 3-6 dm. (lo-2°) long; sheaths, at least the lower 

 ones, woolly. Empty glumes unequal, the first 14-16 mm. {T'-S") long, the sec- 

 ond 8-10 mm. (4"-5") long, both 1-nerved; flowering glume (5) spotted, about 10 

 mm. (5") long, the lateral awns 10 mm. (5") long, the divergent middle awn 

 "about 18 mm. (9") long.— Dry pine barrens, mostly near the coast, Delaware to 

 Texas and Indian Territory. September to November. 



