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Fig. 450. LycurusphleoidesHBK. Nov. Gen. 1: 142, t.45. 1815. 

 Tkxan Timothy. A slender ami somewhat wiry perennial 2 to 

 4.5dm. bigii, much branched and often geniculate at the base, with 

 narrow, long-pointed leaves and cylindrical, spike-like panicles 3 

 to 6 cm. long. Spikelets 4 mm. long, with awued glumes, the first 

 glume (C) often terminating iutwo unequal awns, the flowering 

 glume terminating in an awn as long as itself. Dry soil on the 

 plains and mesas, Colorado to Texas and westward to New Mexico 

 and Arizona. [Mexico.] May-October. 



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