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Fig. 241. Eragrostis purshii Sclirad. Southern Spear- 

 grass. — An annual, 1 to 4 dm. high, with the erect or ascending 

 culms diffusely branching near the base, and diffuse panicles of 

 small, spreading spikidets.— Sandy river hanks, waste ground, 

 etc., Massachusetts and Ontario to South Dakota and California, 

 south to Florida, Texas, and Arizona. [Mexico.] June-October. 



