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At the throat; stipule meiabranous. Spikes about 5 ; flowers, one from 

 each bud, large, smooth, orbicular; raciiis linear, flexuous, a little 

 hairy at base. 



Grows in damp pastures. Paris Island. 

 Flowers June — September. 



T insert this species from Michaux. I have latferly doubted whether 

 the lant I found on Paris Island can be considered mure than a gla- 

 brous variety of the P, floridanum. 



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Stem erect 



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lower 



7. Floridanum. Midi. 

 P. culmo erecto ; Ibliis 

 inferiojibus vijiosissimis, j leaves very villous, up jjtr 

 supeiioribus scahris, pilo- ( scabrous, hairy ; sheaths 



very long ; spikes few ; 

 flowers in 2 rows, gla- 

 brous, laige. 



SIS, longe vaginantibus ; 

 spicis paucis ; floribus bi- 

 seriatis. glabris, iuajuscu- 



lis. 



E. 



Midi. l.p. 44. 



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Stem erect, columnar, smooth, 3-4 feet high. Leaves lon^, the 

 lower very hairv, and scabrous, the uppar ones becoming nearly 

 smooth : sheaths similar; the throat villous; stipule membranous. 

 ^ikes almost uniformly 3. Rachis linear, flexuouh. hairy at base. 

 *Jovvers, 1 sometimes 2 fiom each bud, large, smooth. Stigmas pur- 



Grows in dry soils. Sometimes occurs iu damp ground. Common. 



Flowers June — September. 



Florida Faspalum, 



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8. P^rcATULUM. Mich. 

 P. culnio erecto : tblii^ 



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angustis, longis 



S pi 01 s 



pluribus ; floribus tiiseri- 



Stem erect ; leaves nar- 

 row, long j spikes many ; 



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atis 



ovvers m 3 rows 



valvula phma juxta I flat valve 



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transversely 



margines tranverse pli. j plaited near the margins. 



cata. 



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.n5""/ ''^''^ glabrous. Spikes alternate, 

 somewhat rufous, glabrous. ' ' 



1 have not seeii this species. 



<5rowB in Georgia aad Florida. Mich. 



Mieli. 



erect. Glumes shortjavatc^ 



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