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Fig. 67. Chaetochloa composita Scribn. {Setaria composita 

 HBK. ?). Branching Foxtail. — A stout perennial 6 to 12 dm. 

 high, with broad, flat leaves, and branching, bristly panicles 10 to 

 25 cm. long. Spikelets 3 mm. long ; second glume one-third shorter 

 than the fourth. (No. 3617, A. H. Curtiss. )— Shell islands and keys, 

 sometimesinoldpineapple fields, southern Florida. [Westlndies.] 

 July-October. 



