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Kn;. 414. Aristida dichotoma Michx. Flor. Eor. Aiu. 1 : 41. 

 180.3. Poverty Grass. A slender, erect, dichotomously branch- 

 iuij annual 1..5 to 6 dm. bigb, with narrow, usually involute 

 leaves and slender, spike-liiie racemes or simple panicles 4 to 10 

 cm. long. Spikelets about 6 mm. long, with nearly equal outer 

 glumes and narrow, three-awned flowering glumes; lateral awns 

 2 mm. long or less, the middle awn coiled at the base, 5 to 8 mm. 

 long. Dry, sandy soil from Canada southward to Florida and 

 westward to Ontario, Missouri, ami 'I>xas. August, September. 



