188 A TEXT-BOOK OF GRASSES 
Augustine grass, S. secundatum (Walt.) Kuntze (Fig. 28), 
a stoloniferous perennial with flat stems and spikes, the 
spikelets partly immersed’ in the thickened rachis. This 
species is grown as a lawn-grass near the seacoast from 
North Carolina to Florida and Louisiana. 
Fic. 28. Stenotaphrum secundatum. 
Upper portion of culms with inflores- 
cence, X 4, spikelet, X5. 
