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Fig. 4. ERIANTHUS STRICTUS Baldw. in Ell. Sk. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1 : £9. 

 1816.— A stout, erect perennial 12-24 dm. (40-8°) high, Avith long, narrow, flat 

 leaves and strict, bearded ( with awns i, but not hairy, panicles 20-40 cm. (8'-16') 

 long. Ligule membranaceous, about 2 mm. ( 1") long, irregularly ciliolate; leaf 

 blades 30-60 cm. (l°-2°) long, narrowed toward the base and tapering into 

 long filiform tips. Spikelets (a) linear-lanceolate, 10 mm. (5") long; first glume 

 (b) bicuspidate at apex; second glume (c) long-acuminate, pointed or subaristate; 

 third glume (d) smooth; fourth or flowering glume (e) shortly bifid at apex; 

 lodicules (/) smooth; awn about 20 mm. (10") long, straight. Hairs at base of 

 the spikelets few and very short.— River bottoms, Tennessee and Georgia to 

 Mississippi and Texas. September to October. 



