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Fig. 242. ERAGROSTIS CURTIPEDICELUATA Buckl. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila. 1862 : 97. 1862. SHORT-STALKED ERAGROSTIS.— A rather rigid, 

 branching perennial 3-9 dm. (l°-3°) high, with flat, spreading leaves and 

 diffuse panicles 20-30 cm. (8'-12') long. Spikelets (a, b, c, d) 5- to 12-flo\vered, 

 3-6 mm. (li"-3") long, on pedicels of less than their own length; empty glumes 

 ovate, acute, carinate, thin, 1-nerved, 1 mm. {k") long; flowering glumes lan- 

 ceolate, acute, prominently nerved, 1.5 mm. {i") long.— Prairies, Kansas, Indian 

 Territory, and Texas. July to September. 



This species is related to E. pectinacea, but differs in being less diffuse, with 

 shorter branches and larger spikelets. 



