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Fig. 222. Fappophorum apertum Scribn.; Bull. Torr. Bot. 

 Club, 9: 148; Beal, Grasses N. Am., 2: 447. — A csespitose peren- 

 nial 3 to 8 dm. bigb, with loug, narrow, mostly involute leaves 

 and narrow, pale, or often straw-colored panicles 15 to 20 cm. 

 long. — Valleys, western Texas to Arizona and Mexico. June. 



