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Fig. 121. SPOROBOLUS HETEROLEPIS A.Gray. Man.Bot. 576. 1848. STRONG- 

 SCENTED SPOROBOLUS.— A rather stout, somewhat ^vi^y, cgespitose perennial 

 6-9 dm. (2°-3°) high, with very long and narrow basal leaves and loose, open 

 panicles 7-25 em. (3'-10' ) long. Spikelets (a) 4-5 mm. (2"-2i") long; outer glumes 

 (6) very unequal, sharply acuminate-pointed, the first about half the length of 

 the broader second glume which exceeds the flowering glume in length; flow- 

 ering glume {c,d) glabrous, acute or obtuse, as long as the broad palea.— In 

 dry soil, prairies, etc., Connecticut to Quebec, Iowa, Nebraska and Wyoming; 

 thence south to Texas and north to Assiniboia and Saskatchewan. August, 

 September. 



