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Fig. 77. Homalocenchrus virginicus (Willd.) Britton, (Leer- 

 sia virginiea Willd.). White-grass. — A slender, erect, or ascend- 

 ing, usually much-branched, perennial 6 to 12 dm. high, with 

 narrow leaves and simple panicles 8 to 12 cm. long. — Moist thick- 

 ets and low woods, usually along streams, Maine and Ontario to 

 South Dakota, southward to Florida, and Texas. May-October. 



