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Fig. 219. Leptochloa mucronata (Michx.) Kunth. Feather- 

 grass. — A more or less branching annual 6 to 12 dm. high, with 

 rather broad, flat leaves and long terminal panicles of many 

 slender spikes. — A weed in cultivated and waste grounds, Virginia, 

 Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Alabama, Texas, Indian Territory, 

 Arizona, and California. [Northern Mexico and Cuba.] June- 

 October. 



