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Fig. 467. Sporobolus iitilis rorr. I'iic. II. Ky. Kept. 5 : 365. 

 1853. Apakk.io (iitAss A slcuder, wiry, iiiuch branched peren- 

 nial, with short, spreading, or recurved, involute leaves and nar- 

 row, simple, fe\v-ll()\vered ]>aniclc8. Spikelcts alxiiit 2.r> uini. 

 Ion;;, with thi' empty glumes (a), about one-hall' (lie length of tlio 

 obtuse dowering glume. Swampy places, along mountain streams, 

 western Texas to Nev;i(l;i ;md snutlKTii California. [.Mexico.] 

 Januarv-l>(;ceml>er. 



