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Fig. 516. Eragrostis secundiflora Presl, Eeliq. Haenk, 1 : 276. 

 1830. {EraijroHtis oxylejns Toir. ; I'oa intcrrupta Nutt. uot Lam.) 

 Puui'LE Love-grass. A smooth i)eieunial 1.5 to 9 dm. high, with 

 rather rigid, uarrow leaves and contracted or ojien panicles 3 to 

 12 cm. long. Spikelets (a, h) crowded, strongly compressed, 8- to 

 40-flowered, 6 to 20 mm. long, with acute glumes. Dry soil, 

 Florida, Alabama and westward to Kansas, Indian Territory, 

 Texas, and California. [Mexico and Central America.] .Iiily- 

 November. 



