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Fig. 324. Nazia aliena (Spreng.). {T.appiKjo aliiiia .Si)reng. 

 Neue Entd. 3 : 15. 1822. Ti-agtis occidentalis 'Nees.; ya:ia raieiiiona 

 aliena Sciibn. A- Smith, Dept. Agr. Div. Agios. Bull. 4.) ^^'ESTI,I{^' 

 PHicKLE-ciRASS. A rather slender aud diffusely Ijranchiug auuiial 

 1 to 3 dm. high, with spreading, flat leaves, slender spike-like 

 racemeii and hard S])ikelets, the second glume being covered witli 

 rigid liooked priekles. Dry, roeky hillsides, Texas, New Mexico, 

 aud Arizona. [Mexico, West In<lies, aiul Soutii America. 1 



