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Fig. 27. PASPAX,UM LJEVE Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 44. 1803. SMOOTH 

 PASPALUM.— Perenninl, with ascending culms, often geniculate at base, 3-9 

 dm. (l°-3°) high, with smooth leaf-sheaths and blades, and 3 to 7 spreading 

 spikes 5-10 cm. (2M') long, hairy in the axils. Rachis (a) narrow and flexuous; 

 spikelets (6, c) in two rows about 2.5 mm. (1^") long, smooth, roundish; empty 

 glumes 5-nerved.— In variety pilosim Scribn. Bui. Tenn. Agr. Exp. Sta. 7: 34. 

 1894, the sheaths are pilose, as are the narrow and elongated leaves. — Low, often 

 wet ground; Rhode Island to Florida; eastern Texas, and Missouri. June to 

 October. 



A late summer grass, well liked by stock. In cultivated ground, especially in 

 lawns, it is often a troublesome intruder. 

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