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Fig. 305. Manisuris corriigata (Baklw.) Kuntze. {RotthoeUia 

 corrHgr«/a Baldw. in Sill. Journ. 1: 355. 1819.) Tall Rat-tail- 

 grass. — A stout, erect pereniiial, 1 m. or more liigb, with flattened 

 culms and sheaths, subcylindrical, spike-like racemes, 6 to 8 cm. 

 long, terminating the branches from the upper joints of the cnlm. 

 Sessile spikelets, 5 to 6 mm. long, with transverse ridges and 

 irregular depressions on the back of the first glume {h). — Swampa 

 and wet pine barrens, Fla. to Miss. Sept., Oct. 



