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Fig.293. Bromus unioloides (Willd. ) HBK. Rescue-grass. 

 An erect, usually annual grass;, 3 to 9 <lui. high, wit Ii more or less 

 pubescent, flat leaf blades, and usually nodding, loose panicles of 

 rather large, strongly fattened spikelets. Prairies ami dry, sandy 

 tields, Indian Territory and Texas to Arizona; naturalized in Ala- 

 bama. [Mexico and South America.] March-July. 



