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Fig. 14. Andropogon provincialis Lam. (A. furcatns Mnhl.) 

 Big Blue-stem. — A stout perennial (i to 16 <lni. higli, with long 

 leaves, and rather thick Hpikes 3 to 10 cm. long. — From the Kooky 

 Mountains eastward to the Atlantic and southward to the Gulf 

 of Mexico. August-October. Esjiecially abundant and valued 

 for hay iu the prairie regions. 



