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Fig. 1. Tripsacum dactyloides L. Gama-grass. — A stout, 

 coarse, braucbiiij;- perennial !) to 2i dm. bigli, with lonj^ and rather 

 l)roa(l leaves and a spicate iuHoresceuce, the spikes being 2 to -4 

 on the main stem and usually solitary on the branches. — Low 

 meadows, moist thickets, ditches, etc. ; Ehode Island to Florida, 

 Kansas, and Texas. [Mexico.] April-October. 



