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Figure 762. — Chloris andropogonoides. Panicles, X 1 ; florets, X 5. (Chase 6067, Tex.) 



glabrous, 2 to 3 mm., usually about 

 2.5 mm. long, awned below the tip, 

 the awn about 5 mm. long; rudiment 

 narrow, the awn usually shorter than 

 that of the lemma. % (C. tenn- 

 is-pica Nash.) — Plains, Texas and 

 northern Mexico. 



8. Chloris texensis Nash. (Fig. 

 763.) Culms taller and stouter than 

 in C. andropogonoides; blades 2 to 3 



mm. wide as folded; spikes slender, 

 mostly about 15 to 18 cm. long, 

 naked for 1 to 4 cm. at the base; 

 spikelets appressed, not crowded; 

 lemma about 4 mm. long, naked on 

 the midnerve, minutely pilose on 

 margin toward summit; awn about 

 1 cm. long. % (C. nealleyi Nash.) 

 — Plains, Texas, rare. 



Figure 763. — Chloris texensis. Panicle, X 1 ; fl orets, X 5. (Thurow 8, Tex.) 



