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Fig. 532. Distichlis texana (Vasey) Scribn. new comb. {Poa 

 tfjrano Vasey, Coutrili. Niit. Herb. 1: (iO. 1890; Sieijlingia nrujhlii 

 Vasey, loc. cit., 269. 1893.) A rather stont, rigid, glabrous, creep- 

 iijg or stoloniferous perennial 3 to 6 dm. higli, with tiat leaves and 

 densely llowered, narrow panicles 10 to 20 cm. long. .Staminate 

 spikelets (a) compressed, 5- to 7-flowered ; pistillate .spikelcts sub- 

 terete, fusiform, 12 to 25 mm. long. Western Texas, Xew Mexico 

 (No. 2038 C. Wright). [Mexico.] 



