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2. Axonopus compressus (Swartz) Beauv. Carpet grass. (Fig. 

 1198.) Plants stoloniferous, the blades of the stolons often broader 

 and shorter than those of the culm; flowering culms erect or ascend- 



Fiqure 1193.— Axonopus compressus. Plant, X W, two views of spikelet, and floret, X 10. 



(Combs 413, Fla.) 



ing, compressed, usually 20 to 60 cm tall; blades flat, or folded in 

 drying, 2 to 10 mm (commonly 4 to 8 mm) wide, usually ciliate, at 

 least near the base; peduncles terminal and axillary, very slender, 



