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Fig. 263. Pleuropogon refractum (A. Gray) Benth. (Lopho- 

 chlcena refracta A. Gray) ; Beal, Grasses N. Am.. 2 : 514. Nodding 

 PLEUROPOGON.— A slender perennial t'» to 12 din. high from creep- 

 ing rootstocks, with flat leaves and terminal racemes of six to 

 ten drooping spikelets 2 to 3 cm. long.— In swamps and along 

 mountain streams (alt. 1,200 to 3,850 in.), California to Washing- 

 ton. May-August. 



