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Fin. 221. PappophorumwrightiiS. Wats. (P. borealeTorr., not 

 Griseb.); Beal, Grasses N. Am., 2: 448. Purple-grass. A slen- 

 der, branching and apparently annual species 2 to 4 dm. high, 

 with narrow, involute leaves and densely flowered, spike-like, 

 lead-colored <>r purplish panicles 1 to 7 cm. long. Rocky hills, 

 canyons, and open plains, western Texas to Arizona. [Northern 

 Mexico.] .July-September. 



