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Fig. 514. Eragrostis capillaris Xees, Agrost. Bras. 505. 1829. 

 (Poa capillaris Linn. Sp. PL 68; Poa ten ids Ell. ) Lace-grass. — 

 An erect annual, 15 to 60 cm. high, branching at the base, with 

 an oblong-ovoid, widely expanded panicle of very small 2- to 

 1 flowered spikelets, 2 to 3 mm. long. — Dry, sandy fields and road- 

 sides, Rhode Island to Illinois and Missouri, south to Georgia 

 and Texas. August, September. 



