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Fig 218 LEPTOCEDLOA PRINGLEI Beal, Grasses N. A. 2 : 436. 1896. (Di- 

 plachne pringlel Vasey. 1. c. i-A rather slender perennial 2.5-3.5 dm. (lO'-U') 

 high with narrow leaves and four to six spikes 2.5-5 cm. (l'-2') long, approxi- 

 mate near the summit of the culm. Spikelets (a) 2 to 3 flowered; empty 

 glumes lanceolate, 1-nerved, the first 2.5 mm. (U") long, the second about 3 

 mm di") long; flowering glumes (5, c) 4 mm. (2") truncate or emargmate, 

 sparingly hairy on the nerves near the base. -Arizona. April, May. 



