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Fig. 447. Muhlenbergia lemmoni Scribn. Contrib. Nat- 

 Herb. 13 : 70. 1892. Lemmon's Drop-seed. — A leafy, ascending, 

 wiry perennial 3 to 6 dm. high, much branched at the base, with 

 narrow, densely flowered, interrupted panicles 6 to 8 cm. long. 

 Spikelets about 4 mm. long, with lauceolate-acuminate empty 

 glumes (a), and broadly lanceolate, short-awned flowering glumes 

 which are densely pubesceut below. — Mountains, Texas to Ari- 

 zona. September. 



