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Fig. 415. Aristida basiramea Kiijielin.; Vasey, iu Coulter Bot. 

 Oaz, 9 : 71). 1N81. Ti;itki> Tuu-i-K-awn. An erect, sloiulcr, 

 smooth, niuch-brancbed perennial 1 to 4 dm. high, witli narrow, 

 involute-sttafeons lea\e8, and fLnv-liowcrcil, si)ik(^-]ike panicles 

 () to 10 dm. lonjj. Knij)ly glumes () uuc(iual; middle awn 12 to 

 18 mm. long, coilt'd at t\\v base and divergent. Dry soil, Illinois 

 and Manitoba, t<> \irgiiiia ;ind Kansas. August, September. 



