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Fig. 532. Distichlis texana (Vasey) Scribn. new comb. (Poa 

 iexana Vasey, Contrib. Nat. Herb. 1 : 60. 1890; Sieglingia wrightii 

 Vasey, loc. cit., 269. 1893.)— Aratber stout, rigid, glabrous, creep- 

 ing or stolon iferous perennial 3 to 6 dm. higb, witb flat leaves and. 

 densely flowered, narrow panicles 10 to 20 cm. long. Staminate 

 spikelets (a) compressed, 5- to 7-flowered ; pistillate spikelets sub- 

 terete, fusiform, 12 to 25 mm. long. — Western Texas, New Mexico 

 (No. 2038 C. Wrigbt). [Mexico.] 



