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i^lG. 313. Andropogon virginicus tetrastachys (Ell.) Hack, 

 in DC. Mouog. I'ban. Prod. 6; 411. (J. tctra.-^lachys Ell. A. 

 citrtissianum Steud.) Many-flowered Broom Sedge. — A tall, 

 slender variety with the leaf-sheaths often villous above and the 

 lower leaves very villons. Panicles 30 to 50 cm. long, sessile 

 spikelets 4 to 4.5 mm. long, awns IG to 20 mm. long. — Moist pine 

 barrens and old fields, Florida, Alabama to Mississippi. Septem- 

 ber, October. 



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