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Fig. 513. Eragrostis trichodes (Nutt.) Nash, Bull. Torr. Bot. 

 Club 22:465. 1895. (Poa trichodes Nutt.; Eragrostis tenuis A. 

 Gray, not Steutl.) Branching Spear-grass.— A tall perennial 

 6 to 15 dm. high, with rather narrow, elongated, many-flowered 

 panicles and somewhat rigid leaves. Spikelets 3- to 10-llowcrcd, 

 5 to 10 mm. long, with acute glumes. — Sand-hills and prairies, Illi- 

 nois to Nebraska, Indian Territory and Texas. July-September. 



