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Fig. 126. Sporobolus indicus (L.) 1^ Br. Smut-grass.— A 

 tufted, wiry, erect perennial 8 to 9 dm. high, with simple culms 

 and narrow, densely Howercil, spike-like panicles 10 to 30 cm. 

 long. — Abundantly naturalizetl in waste ground, waysides, fields, 

 and pastures. Virginia and Tennessee to Florida, Arkansas, Texas, 

 and California; occasional in the Eastern cities. [Native or nat- 

 uralized in all troi)ical countries.] March-.September. 



