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Fig. 224. Cathestecum prostratum Presl (C. erectum Vasey 

 and Hack.); Beal, Grasses N.Am., 2 : 452. — An extensively creep- 

 ing, slender perennial, with upright flowering branches 1 to 3 dm. 

 high, narrow, flat leaves, and clustered spikelets in terminal or 

 lateral racemes. — Dry mesas and bluffs along the Kio Grande 

 western Texas. [Mexico.] July-October. 



