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Fig. 121. Sporobolus heterolepis A. Gray. Stbong-scexted 

 Sporobolus. — A rather stout, somewhat wiry, csespitose peren- 

 nial 6 to 9 dm. high, with very long basal leaves and loose, open 

 panicles. — In dry soil, prairies, etc., Connecticut to Quebec, Iowa 

 and Nebraska and Wyoming, thence south to Texas and north to 

 Assiniboia and Saskatchewan. August. September. 



