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Fig. 212. LEPTOCHIiOA FASCICUIiARIS i Lam. i A. Gray, Man. Bot. 588. 1848. 

 Festuca /ascicularis Lam. TaW. Encycl. 1:189. 1791; Diplachne fascicidaris 

 Beauv. Agrost. 160. 1812. ) CLUSTERED SALT-GRASS.— An erect, ascending, 

 or more or less diffusely spreading, csespitose, much-branched annual 5-6 dm. 

 (li°-2°) high, with numerous, erect, crowded spikes 6-8 cm. (2i'-3i') long. 

 Sheaths loose, the upper one usually inclosing the lower part of the panicle; 

 ligule 2-4 mm. (l"-2") long; leaf-blades 8-30 cm. (3'-12') long, 2-6 mm. (l"-3") 

 wide. Spikelets (a) 5 to 10 flowered, 6-10 mm. (3"-5"j long; empty glumes (6) 

 scabrous on the keel, unequal; flowering glume (cj with a prominent awn, 

 2-toothed or sometimes 4-toothed at the apex, pubescent near the base. The 

 jialea is shown by d.— Salt marshes along the coast, Rhode Island to Texas; 

 saline soil in the interior, western New York to South Dakota, Nevada, New 

 Mexico, and Texas. (Mexico and West Indies.) July to September. 



