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Fig. 227. MUNROA SQTJARROSA (Nutt. ) Torr. Pac. R. R. Rept. 45 : 158. 1857 

 (Crypsissquarrosa Nutt. Gen. 1 : 49. 1818.) FALSE BUFFALO-GRASS.— A low 

 diffusely much-branched annual 1-2 dm. (4'-8') high, with crowded and sharply 

 pointed, rigid leaves 0.5-2.5 cm. (y-iy) long. Spikelets (o) 3 to 5 flowered, 

 sessile in leafy clusters at the nodes and ends of the branches; empty glumes 

 (6) unequal, narrowly lanceolate, hyaline, 1-nerved, 2.5-3 mm. (ly^-ii") long; 

 flowering glumes (c) becoming coriaceous, entire, or 2-toothed 4-5 mm. (2"-2i") 

 long, the midnerve excurrent into a short-awn.— Prairies and dry plains. South 

 Dakota to Texas, west to Alberta, Montana, Colorado, and Arizona. June to 

 October. 



A low, tufted grass usually in dry .sandy soil, not liked by cattle. 



