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Fig. 132. Polypogon monspeliensis (L.) Desf. Beard- 

 GRASS. — A smooth annual i'rom a few centimeters to 6 to 9 dm. 

 high, with awned 1-rlowered spikelets crowded in dense spike- 

 like panicles. — In fields and waste places, sparingly naturalized 

 along the Atlantic Coast from New Hampshire to South Carolina; 

 abundantly on the Pacific Slope from California to Vancouver 

 Island, and in Arizona, Nevada, and Colorado. [Europe and 

 Asia.] April-October. 



