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Fig 11 (11). 



Small Crab-grass. Digiiaria humifusa Fers. {Panicum h'ncarc Krock. Syntherisma 

 Unearis (Krock.) Nash.) A smooth, slender annual with stems usually prostrate, 

 spreading, 15-35 cm. high, each stem bearing 2-6 slender one-sided spikes. Whole 

 plant of a reddish hue, not rooting at the nodes. Common in thin lawns and pastures 

 fate in the summer. Unless crowded the stems are prostrate. Introduced from 

 Europe. , , . 



If lawns and meadows are enriched, the better grasses and clovers will crowd this 

 plant out. 



