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Fig. 245. Eragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) 13. S. P. (Poa hypnoides 

 Lain.; E. reptans Nees). A prostrate, much-branched, and exten- 

 sively creeping annual, with ascending, flowering branches 7.5 to 

 15 cm. high, spreading leaf blades, narrow and lax or very dense 

 panicles and long, linear-lanceolate, strongly compressed spike- 

 lets. In ditches and sandy banks of streams, Vermont and 

 Ontario to Florida, Texas, California, and Washington. [Mexico, 

 "West Iudies, and South America.] March-October. 



