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Fig. 97. Eriocoma cuspidata Nutt. (Stipa membranacea Pursh, 

 not Linn. ; Oryzopsi* membranacea V. ). Indian Millet. — A native 

 perennial, growing in bunches 3 to 7 dm. high, with narrow, 

 involute leaves and peculiarly branched, diffuse panicles 12 to 15 

 cm. long. — Grassy slopes, dry hillsides, sandy river banks, about 

 springs in deserts, in cultivated fields, etc., South Dakota to New 

 Mexico, California, and British Columbia. [Mexico.] May-Sep- 

 tember. 



