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Fig. 458. Sporobolus wrightii Scribn. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 9 : 

 103. 1882. Saccatox. — A stout, erect perennial, 10 to 18 din. high, 

 with long leaves and many-flowered, open panicles 30 to 60 cm. 

 long. Spikelets (a) 2 mm. long, with thiu, unequal, empty glumes, 

 the second nearly as long as the flowering glume, which is of 

 similar texture to the empty ones. — ••Adobe'" soil, Texas, Xew 

 Mexico, and Arizona. July-September. 



