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Fig. 344. Panicuni ciliatissimum Biickl. Buckl. Prel. Rep. 

 Geol. and Agr. Suiv. Tox. 4. 1S66. Vascy, U. 8. Dcpt. Agr., Div. 

 Hot., Bull. 8:2«. 1889. Iniman Wiikat. Caki'i:t ck.vss.— A 

 creeping, much branched, leafy perennial with upright flowering 

 stems 1 to 3 dm. high and narrow few-flowered panicles 2 to 4 cm. 

 long. Spikelets (a,'') about 3.5 to 4 mm. long, with the second 

 and third gluint-s densely ciliate-hairy near the myrgins. — Low 

 grounds, southern Texas. May. 



This grass la locally known as carpet grass. TIic extensively 

 creeping, short-jointed, and leafy stems of this grass suggest a 

 close resemblance to Bermuda grass. 



