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Fig. 217. Leptochloa dubia (HBK.) Nees (Chloris dubia HBK. ; 

 Diplachne dubia Scribn.) ; Beal, Grasses N. Am., 2 : 437. — A rather 

 stout and apparently perennial species, 3 to 9 dm. high, with 

 usually eight to ten approximate spreading spikes 6 to 8 cm. 

 long. — Southern Florida, Texas to Arizona, and southward iDto 

 Mexico. April-September. 



