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Fig ''8 PASPALTJM PLICATULTJM Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 45. 1803. (P. 

 nnduiat urn Voir.) WRINKLED-FLOWERED PASPALrM.-An erect or ascend- 

 ing perennial 3-9 dm. (1°-^° > high, with long, smooth leaves and 5 to 7 densely 

 flowered racemes 4-5 cm. {n'-2') long. Spikelets (a. b, c) apparently in three 

 rows obtuse, 2-2.5 mm. (1"-U") long. The second glume is usually plicate or 

 wrinkled along the margins. The dorsal view of the third or flowering glume 

 is shown at d, and the anterior view of a palea at e.— Dry fields and open pme 

 woods, Georgia and Florida to Texas (Mexico, Central and South America, and 

 West Indies) . April to October. 



