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Fig. 512. Eragrostis pilosa (Linn.) Beauv. Agrost. 162. 1812. 

 (Toa j)i7os L. Sp. P1.68.) Slender Meadow-gra.ss. A slender, 

 branching^ annual 1.5 to 4.5 dm. high, with narrow, flat leaf- blades 

 and open, capillary panicles of small, appressed, 5- to 12-tlowered 

 spikelets () 3 to 6 mm. long. In cultivated fields, roadsides, and 

 sandy shores, ^lassachusetts to Illinois and Kansas, .south to Flor- 

 ida, Texa.s, and Arizona. [Widely distributed in tropical and 

 warm temperate countries.] June-September. 



