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Fig. 342. Panicum saccharatum Buckl. Prel. Kep. Geol. and 

 Agr. Surv. Tex. 2. 1866. ( P. lachnanlhum Ton , 1857, not Hoohst. 

 1855). Arizona Cotton-grass. — A leafy, erect perennial, 3 to 9 

 din. high, usually much-branched below; culms terminated by 

 narrow panicles 10 to 20 cm. long. Spikelets (a. h) about 3 mm. 

 loug, densely silky -villous, the spreading hairs nearly 3 to 4 mm. 

 long. — Dry hillsides, canyons, etc., southern Colorado, Texas, New 

 Mexico, and Arizona. 



