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Fig 230 TKIODIA ERAGROSTOIDES Vasev & Scribn. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 

 1^8." 1890. iSieolinoiaera,rosfoUU.I^..ey.^y^i^,2:m. l^^'^-^"^^' 

 perennial 6-9 dm. i20-3°) high, with long, narrow leaves and open, small-flo^^^ 

 ered panicles 2-3 dm. (8'-12') long. Spikelets (a) ^7 mm. (2^-34") long 8 to 10 

 flowered; emptv glumes (b) unequal, thefirst linear-lanceolate, 2 mm. 1") long, 

 The second broader and longer; flowering ^^^-^ (^;^) ^^^f/^^^^ ^f.^^^, " 

 lobed, mucronate, pubescent on its three nerves below. Palea e) truncate 

 mLielv ciliate, scarcely 2 mm. (1") long.-Rocky banks, etc., southern Texas, 

 southern Florida. (Northeastern Mexico.) June to October. 



