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Fig. 29. PASPAXiTTM: DIFFORME Le Conte, Journ. Phys. 91: 284. 1820.— A 

 stout perennial, 0-12 dm. (2°-4°) from creeping rootstocks, with fiat, rather rigid 

 leaves 12-15 cm. (5'-G') long. Spikes two to four, 3.5-8 cm. {W-3k') long, thick, 

 firm; spikelets {a,b,c) 3 mm. (1^") long, in two or three rows, obtuse, smooth; 

 empty glumes 3-nerved. Allied to P. floridanum, but less robu.st, with shorter 

 leaves and spikes.— Dry pine barrens near the coast, North Carolina to Florida 

 and westward to Texas. June to October. 



