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Fig. 308. Elionurus tripsacoides Humb. et Bonpl. ap. Willd. 

 Sp. PI. 4:941. 1805. {Hotlhoellld ciliata'Sntt.) Astout, lirauchiiig 

 perennial 7 to 12 dm. high, with narrow leaves 15 to 50cm. long, and 

 slender, more or less pilose racemes 8 to 14 cm. in length. Sessile 

 spikclet lanceolate, 7 to 10 mm. long, with tlie first glnme (c) glab- 

 rons on the hack or shortly pubescent near the base. — Low pine 

 barrens and marshy grounds, Florida to Texas. [Sonth America.] 

 August, September. 



