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Figure 188. — Eragrostis curtipedicellata. Panicle, X 1; floret, X 10. 

 (Ball 898, Tex.) 



3. Eragrostis curtipedicellata 



Buckl. (Fig. 188.) Perennial; culms 

 tufted, erect, 20 to 40 cm. tall; sheaths 

 pilose at the throat; blades flat or 

 loosely involute, 1 to 3 mm. wide; 

 panicle open, spreading, at first 15 to 

 20 cm. long, the axis and branches 

 viscid, rather sparingly pilose in the 

 axils, finally elongating, breaking 

 away and tumbling before the wind, 

 the branches stiffly ascending or 

 spreading; spikelets oblong or linear, 

 short-pediceled, somewhat appressed 

 on the primary and secondary 

 branches, 6- to 12-flowered, 3 to 6 

 mm. long; glumes about 1.5 mm. 

 long ; lemmas rather closely imbricate, 

 oblong, acute, about 1.5 mm. long; 

 palea ciliate on the keels, not bowed 

 out; grain 0.7 mm. long. % - — 

 Plains, open woods, and dry slopes, 

 Colorado and Kansas to Arkansas, 

 Texas, and New Mexico. 



4. Eragrostis oxylepis (Torr.) 

 Torr. (Fig. 189.) Perennial; culms 

 tufted, suberect, 20 to 70 cm. tall; 



Figure 189. — Eragrostis oxylepis. Panicle, X 1; floret, 

 X 10. (Reverchon 3501A, Tex.) 



