686 



MISC. PUBLICATION 200, TJ. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



the main culm and branches, 5 to 20 cm long, loosely few-flowered, 

 the branches distant, spreading or reflexed; spikelets ovoid, about 



Figure 1546.— Lasiacis divaricata. Plant, X V 2 ; spikelet and floret, X 10. (Curtiss 5530, Fla.) 



4 mm long black at maturity. % —Copses and edges of woods 

 southern Florida; tropical America, at low altitudes, especially near 

 the seacoast. 



