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P^iG. 327. Paspalum boscianum Fliigge, Mouog. 170. 1810. 

 {P. purpurascens Ell. ; /'. viriiatinn Walt, not Linn.) Piki-lk Pas- 

 palum. — A stout perennial ■with ascending, liianching culms G to 

 9 dm. Ligb, long, Hat leaves and numerous, usually purple- 

 flowered racemes 2 to 6 cm. long, crowded near the summit of the 

 culm or its branches. Spikelets glabrous, obovate, obtuse, 2 mm. 

 long. — Low woodlands and along ditches. North Carolina and 

 Tennessee to Florida westward to Mississippi and Louisiana. 

 July-September. 



