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Fig. 125. Sporobolus compressus (Torr.) Kiintli. {Agrosiiscom- 

 pressaTovv.). Flat-stemmed .SrououoLus. — A csespitose pereu- 

 nial, with short, scaly rootstocks, flattened culms 3 to 6 dm. high, 

 rather long, conduplicate leaves and opeu, capillary panicles 10 to 

 30 cm. long. — In bogs and pine barrens, Long Island and New 

 Jersey. September, October. 



