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(Lap pa go al'una Spreng 



Pig. 324. Nazia aliena (Spreng.). 

 Xeue Entd. 3 : 15. 1822. Tragus occidentalis Nees. ; Nazia raeemosa 



aliena Scribn. & Smith, Dept. Agr. Div. Agios. Bull. 4.) Western 

 Prickle-grass. — A rather slender and diffusely branching annual 

 1 to 3 dm. high, with spreading, flat leaves, slender spike-like 

 racemes and bard spikelets, the second glume being covered with 

 rigid booked prickles. — Dry, rocky hillsides. Texas, New Mexico, 

 and Arizona. [Mexico, West Indies, and South America. 1 



