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Fig. 329. Paspalum curtissianum Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 1 : 26. 

 1855. CuRTiss' Paspalum.— A coarse, erect pereunial 9 to 17 dm. 

 high witli the lower sheaths usually densely villous, long, flat 

 leaves, and 3 to 8 spikes 4 to 10 cm. long. Spikelets (c, b) nearly 

 orbicular in their outline, strongly compressed on the back, about 

 3 mm. long.— Damp piiio barrens, Florida to Mississippi. July, 

 August. No. 4990, A. II. ('urtiss. 1894, and 3865, S. M. Tracy. 



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