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Fig. 24. Paspalum compressum (Sw.) Nees. (P. plaiycauU 

 Poir.j. Lduisiaxa or Cakpet-grass. — A slender, erect, or more 

 frecjuently prostrate and extensively creeping perennial, rooting 

 at the nodes and sending \\\t numerous leafy or flower-bearing 

 branches 1..") to 6 dm. high, with 2 to ti subdigitate slender spikes 

 and small, acntish spikelets. — Low ground and moist pastures, 

 abundant near the coast from Virginia to Texas. [Mexico, Central 

 and South America, and West Indies.] April-October. A valuable 

 jiasture grass. 



