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Fig, 458, SPOROBOLUS WRIGHTII Scribn. Bul. Torr. Bot. ne 
SACCATON. —A stout, erect perennial 10-18 dm. (3°-6°) high, with e 
Buc many open panicles 30-60 em. (12/-20") long. spikele 
an long, with thin, unequal empty glumes, the secon nee 
the first; fl 
about the same length as the second glume. Palea ince ct 
apex. grain is shown by c.— Adobe" soil, Texas, New 
ber. 
his species grows in great clumps, producing a large quantity " x 
irae hay. It is especially valuable for saline bottoms su sib 
