Fig. 86. Aristida palustris (Chapni.) Vasey (J. virfjata jJahis- 

 /»•(■« Cbapin. )• Swamp Povkrty-grass.— An iiprigbt, rigid peren- 

 nial 6 to 15 dm. higli, with long, narrow leaves, and slender, 

 interrupted, spicate iianiclcs 30 to 70 cm. long.— Moist jdaces near 

 the coast in the pine barrens, South Carolina to Texas. [Cuba.] 

 August-October. 



