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Fig. 443. Muhlenbergia trichopodes (Ell.) Chapin. Fl. S. U. 

 S. 553. 1860. (Aijroiitia trichopoihsYLW.) UUNCii Haik-crass. A 

 slender, rather rigid perennial, 6 to 9 dm. liigli, with very narrow, 

 involute leaves and capillary i)anicl(8 nearly 30 cm. long. Spike- 

 lets {a) with nearly cM|nal empty glumes which arc hardly more 

 than halt" the length of flowering jihinie {<), which is terminated 

 by a short, straight awn. Dry pine barrens, Xorth Carolina to 

 Florida and westward to Texa.s. July-October. 



