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Fig. 338. Eriochloa sericea Muiiro, ]M8. ; \'asey Coutrib. U . S. 

 Natl. Herb., 3: 21, and 111. N. Am. Grasses, Part 1, 1. 1. Silky Evkr- 

 LAS Tixo-GitAs.s. A sleuder, erect, tufted i)ereiinial 3 to 10 din. high, 

 with nnmerons basal leaves and slender, simple, racemose panicles. 

 Si)ike]ets {h and c) elliptical-oblong, acute, 3 to 4 mm. long, imbri- 

 cate in two rows along one hide of the Hat rachis; outer glumes 

 silky-viJloMs. rcdiccls bearing hairs as long as the spikelets. 

 Dry soils, Texas to Arizona. September. 



