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Fig. 130. EPICAMPES BIGENS Bentli. Journ. Linn. Soc. 19: 88. 1881. ( Cinna 

 macroura Thnrb. in S. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2 : 276. 1880, not Kunth 1835.) DEER- 

 GRASS.— A stout, erect perennial, with rigid, wiry culms 9-12 dm. (3°-4°) high, 

 long, narrow leaves and very long, narrow, and densely flowered spike-like 

 panicles 30-60 cm. (l0-2°) long. Spikelets (a) 3-1 mm. (li"-2") long, nearly 

 terete; glumes minutely scabrous-pubescent, acute or obtuse, the outer ones (c) 

 about two-thirds the length of the 3-nerved flowering glume (b).— In the foot- 

 hills, Texas to Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, and Southern California. 

 (Mexico.) July to November. 



In the regions where it grows this coarse grass is regarded as one of the best 

 native dry-land grasses, and. is always closely grazed wherever stock can get 

 at it. 



