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Fig. 245. Eragrostis hypnoides (Laui.) B. S. P. (Poa hypnoides 

 Lam.: /:. repiawsNees). — A prostrate, much-branched, and exten- 

 sively creeping annual, with ascending, flowering branches 7.r> to 

 15 cm. high, spreading leaf blades, narrow and lax or very dense 

 panicles and Long, linear-lanceolate, strongly compressed spike- 

 lets.— In ditches and sandy banks of streams, Vermont and 

 Ontario to Florida, Texas. California, and Washington. [Mexico, 

 "'.Vest Indies, and South America.] March-October. 



