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Fig. 9.-ANDROPOGON GLOMERATUS (Walt.j B. S. P Prel Cat N Y 67 

 1888. {Cinna g/omemtaW'-^lt.Fl Car. 39. 1788; Andropogon macwttrns Michx; 

 1803.) BROOK-GRASS.— A stout perennial 6-15 dm. (20-5°) high with dense 

 more or less corymbose or elongated panicles, the branches usually very much 

 crowded. Sessile spikelets (a) 3-4 mm. m"-2") long; awn slender, straight 

 10-14 mm. (5"-7") long. The first and second glumes are shown at b and c 

 Leaves of the sterile shoots 20-50 cm. (8'-20') long.-Low grounds and marshes' 

 southern New York to Florida, southern California and Nevada. (Mexico Lower 

 California, Cuba, and Jamaica.) September to January 



In the type form the panicle is 20-50 cm. (8'-20') long' and caudate. In var 

 ABBREviATL-s (Hack.) (see illustration) the panicle is 10-15 cm. (4'-6') long and 

 oboyate-oblong. The sheaths and under surface of the leaves are strongly 

 prmno.se in var. glaucopsis (Ell.) Mohr, Bui. Torr Bot. Club 24 • '>! 1897 The 

 panicle is corymbose and 40 cm. (16') long in var. corymbosus (Chapm )' See 

 fig. 317. Am. Grasses IL i' / -cc 



