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Fig. 627. Arundinaria macrosperma Michx. Flor. Kor. Am. 

 1 : 74. 1803. Cane. — A stout, woody, almost arborescent grass 

 45 to 90 dm. high, with lanceolate leaves and lateral panicles com- 

 posed of a few simple racemes. Spikelets 25 to 45 cm. long, 5- to 

 9-tlowered,witli short empty glumes and lanceolate, short-awned, 

 flowering glumes about 16 mm. long. — North Carolina to Florida 

 and westward to Texas. 



