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PLATE III.* 



III. Distichlis spicata^=Brsinch grass, alkali grass, spike grass, 

 white salt, fine sage, etc. An upright, wiry grass, 6 to 18 inches 

 high, with strong, widely creeping rootstocks, rigid leaves, and 

 densely flowered panicles (Scribner) . This grass is rather coarser 

 than the fox grass and its leaves branch out more, henoe its 

 common name. Its compact head is nearly white, and it is gener- 

 ally in full blossom about the middle of August. When in blossom, 

 it quite often covers up the fox grass. See Plate III. 



* Scribner, Bulletin 7, Division of Agrostology, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



