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Fig. 315. Andropogon longiberbis Hack. Flora, 68 : 131. 1883. 

 (J. tetrasiaclii/tts var. dlsiadnjus Chapm.) Long-beahdkd Broom 

 Sedge.— A slender grass, G to 8 dm. high, with compressed, silky- 

 villous sheaths, comparatively short and llarI■o^Y leaves and slen- 

 der panicles, 20 to 30 cm. lung. Eacenies 3 cm. long. Sessile 

 spikelets 4 to 4.5 mm. long, somewhat broader than in A. vinjini- 

 ciis, with the shortly 2-toothcd lonith glume (e) hearing a slender 

 awn about If! mm. long. — High pino lands, Florida. May, June. 



