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Fig. 27. Paspalum laeve Michx. Smooth Paspalu.m. — Peren- 

 nial, witli iiseeudiug culms, often geniculate at base, 3 to 9 dm. 

 high, with smooth or pilose leaf sheaths and blades, and 3 to 7 

 spreading spikes 5 to 10 cm. long. Low, often wet, ground, Rhode 

 Island to Florida, eastern Texas and Missotiri. .Tune-October. 



