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Fig. 514. Eragrostis capillaris Nees, Agrost. Bras. 505. 1829. 

 ( Poa capillaris Tjinn. Sp. PI. 68; Poa tenuis EU.) Lace-grass. 

 All ere(!t animal, 15 to 60 cm. liigli, branching at the base, with 

 an oblong-ovoid, widely expanded panicle of very small 2- to 

 4 flowered sjnkelets, 2 to 3 mm. long. Dry, sandy fields and road- 

 sides, Rhode Island to Illinois and Missouri, south to Georgia 

 and Texas. August, September. 



