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Fig. 70. CENCHRUS MYOSUROIDES H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. PL 1 : 115. t. 

 35. 1815. (Paninim cenchroifh^ Ell. Bot. S. C. and Ga. 1 : 111. 1817.) A stout 

 perennial 6-15 dm. (2°-5°) high, more or less branching and geniculate below, 

 with glabrous sheaths, flat leaves, and densely many-flowered spikes 5-20 cm. 

 (2'-8'j long. Spikelets about 5 mm. (2^") long, equaling the bristles of the 

 surrounding involucre (see a and 6); first glume acute, about one-half as long 

 as the spikelet: second and third glumes 5-nerved. the latter as long as the char- 

 taceous fourth glume.— Waste grounds, southern Florida, Georgia, to Texas. 

 (Mexico, South America.) August to January. 



