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Fig. 171. Capriola dactylon (L.) Kuutze {Panicum dactijlon L. ; 

 Cynodon dacii/Ion Pers.). Behmuda-grass. — A creeping pereunial, 

 with upright or ascending, leafy tloweiiug branches 1 to 6 dm. 

 high. — Widely dispersed over the tropical and wanner temperate 

 regions ofthe world, in the United States from Pennsylvania south- 

 ward to Florida and westward to Texas and California. April- 

 October. (The name Capriola may belong to Panicum aanguinale.) 



