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Fig. 214. Leptochloa imbricata Thurb. (Diplachne imbricata 

 Scribn.); Beal, Grasses N. Am., 2: 435. A ratber stout, erect or 

 ascending perennial 3 to 9 din. bigb, with smooth, usually glau- 

 cous culms, narrow, flat leaves, and numerous crowded, erect or 

 ascending spikes 4 to 6 cm. long. Texas to southern California. 

 [Mexico and Lower California.] August-November. 



