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Fig. 201. Bouteloua breviseta Vasey; Beal, Grasses X. Am., 

 2:420. Short-awxed Grama. An erect, somewhat wiry arid 

 densely ca-spitose perennial 2.5 to 3.5 dm. high, the lower inter- 

 nodes covered with a thin white hloom. Leaves very narrow, 2 

 to 4 cm. long. Spikes one to three, erect or somewhat divergent, 

 about 2 cm. long. Southwestern Texas. September. 



