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Fig. 3()6. Manisuris rugosa (Xutt.) Kuutze, Rev. Geu. J'l. 2: 

 780. 1891. (EoiihoeUiaruiioHa'Sntt. Gen. l:Si.) Rough-flowekkd 

 Rat-tail-grass. — A rather stout percnnical, with compressed 

 culms 1 to 2 m. high, narrow leaves 30 to 50 cm. long, and slender 

 terminal and axillary racemes -1 to 5 cm. long. Outer glume of 

 the sessile spikelet about 4 mm. long and strongly transversely 

 rugose. — In moist or wet soil from Delaware to Florida and Ala- 

 bama, and westward to Texas, chietly near the coast. August- 

 October. 



