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Fig. 97. Eriocoma cuspidata Nutt. (Stipa membranacea Pursh, 

 not Linn. ; OryzopaismembranaceaY.). Indian- Millet. Anative 

 perennial, growing in bunches 3 to 7 dm. high, with narrow, 

 involute leaves ami peculiarly branched, diffuse panicles 12 to 15 

 cm. long. Grassy slopes, dry hillsides, sandy river banks, about 

 springs in deserts, in cultivated fields, etc., South Dakota to New 

 Mexico, California, and British Columbia. [Mexico.] May-Sep- 

 tember. 



