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Fig 226 MONANTHOCHI.OE LITTORALIS Engelm. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. 

 Louis 1 : 43G. tt. 13. U.f. 1S--7. 1^59. SALT CEDAR.-A creeping grass 1-2 dm. 

 (4'-8') high, with hard, woody steins, and crowded, subulate, rigid leaves 2 cm. 

 (1') long or less. Spikelets ses.sile in the upper leaf axils (a), dioecious, 2-. 

 rarelv 3-flowered, &-S mm. (3"-4") long; empty glumes similar to the leaves; 

 floral glumes membranaceous, obtu.se, or dentieulate.-Rocky shores and salt 

 marshes along the coast, southern Florida, extreme southern Texas and south- 

 ern California. (Lower California.) May. June. 



