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Fig. 73. liUZIOLA ALABAMENSIS Chapm. Fl.So. U.S.584. 1860. CREEP- 

 ING WATER-GRASS.— An aquatic, 8toloniferous grasps, the upright culms 

 0.5-1.5 dm. (2'-6') high, rooting at the lower joints, with long, narrow leaves, 

 the lower much exceeding the culm; the staminate and pistillate spikelets in 

 separate panicles 2-7 cm. (l'-3') long; glumes of the pistillate spikelets (o) 11-13- 

 nerved, twice the length of smooth grain (d); glumes of the staminate spike- 

 let (b) lanceolate, 7-nerved.— In springy places and rivulets in the pine barrens, 

 southern Alabama. (Cuba.) June to October. 



