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Fig. 304. Erianthusalopecuroides (L.) Nash in Britt. & Browu, 

 111. Flor., 1: 98, not Ell. (A', conioriii-s Ell. Sk. Bot. S. Car. & Ga. 

 1, 40. E. saccharoides contortus Hack.) Spikal-awned Plumk- 

 GHAss.— A stout, erect pereiniial, 2 to 3 in. high, -with long leaves 

 and hairy, bearded paui<les 15 to 30 cm. long. Spikelets (a ) 6 to 

 7 nun. long; the deeply cleft fourth or flowering glume (e) with a 

 stout, twisted awn 14 to IS mm. long; hairs as long as or exceed- 

 ing the spikclet.— Low moist grounds, New Jersey to South Car- 

 olina and westward to Texas. September. 



