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Fig. 41. Panicum paspaloides Pers. ; Beal, Grasses N, Am., 2 : 

 114. Southern Water-grass.— A rather stout, smooth, and more 

 or less brauchiuj,' perenuial 6 to 9 dm. high, often creeping at the 

 base, with long, flat leaves, and ten to tweutj- alternate, one-sided 

 spikes 2 to 3 cm. long.— About ponds and in standing water, south- 

 ern Florida; Texas. [In tropical countries of both hemispheres.] 

 May-July. 



