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Fig. 240. Eragrostis neo-raexicana Vasey : Beal, Grasses N. 

 Am., 2 : 485. CRAB-GRASS (in New Mexico). — A rather stout, 

 branching and leafy animal 3 to 12 dm. high, with flat leaves and 

 ample, diffuse panicles 20 to 40 cm. long. — Texas to southern Cali- 

 fornia (ascends to 1,500 m. in Arizona). August. A valuable hay 

 grass resembling Teff {E. abyssinica). 



