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Fig. 125. Sporobolus compressus (Torr.) Kuntb. (Agrostiscom- 

 p7-essaToTT.). Flat-stemmed Sporouolus. — A cespitose peren- 

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

 rather long, condnplicate leaves and open, capillary panicles 10 to 

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

 Jersey. September, October. 



