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Fig. 529. Pleuropogon californica (Nees) Vasey, 111. N. Am. 

 Grasses 2 : No. 68. 1893; (Loplwchlcena californica Nees Ann. Nat. 

 Hist. (ser. 1.) 1:283. 1838; Hook. & Arnot, Bot.Beechy 403, t. 95.) 

 California Pleuropogon. — A pale green, tufted perennial, with 

 soft or rather weak culms 3 to 6 dm, high, flat leaves, and termi- 

 nal racemes of 6 to 12 erect or spreading spikelets about 2 cm. 

 long. Flowering glumes scabrous, about 6 mm. long, with a 

 rough awn of nearly equal length. — Low, moist grounds, Cali- 

 fornia. May. 



