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Fig. 228. Orcuttia californica Vasey ; Heal. Grasses N. Am., 

 2: 457. — A low, much- branched, caespitose annual 0.5 to 1 dm. 

 high, the nuniiTou- stems bearing three to six spikelets near the 

 apex. — Southern and Lower California. April. 



