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Fig. 338. Eriochloa sericea Munro, MS. ; Vasey Contrib. U. S. 

 Natl. Herb.. 3: 21, and 111. N. Am. Grasses, Part 1. 1. 1. Silky Ever- 

 lasting-GRASS. — A slender, erect, tufted perennial 3 to 10 dm. high, 

 with numerous basal leaves and slender, simple, racemose panicles. 

 Spikelets (b and c) elliptical-oblong, acute, 3 to 1 mm. long, imbri- 

 cate in two rows along on* 1 side of the flat rachis: outer glumes 

 silky-villous. Pedicels bearing hairs as long as the spikelets. — 

 Dry soils, Texas to Arizona. September. 



