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Fig. 77. HOMALOCENCHRUS VIRGINICUS (Willd.) Britton, Trans. N. Y. 

 Acad. Sci. 9 : 14. 1889. {Leersia virginica, Willd. Sp.Fl. 1: S'lb. 1797.) WHITE- 

 GRASS.— A slender, erect, or ascending, usually much-branched, perennial 

 6-12 dm. (2°-4^) high, with narrow leaves and simple panicles 8-12 cm. (3'-5') 

 long. Spikelets (6) closely imbricated as shown by (a), 3-4 mm. (li"-2") long; 

 glume very abruptly short-pointed, ciliate on the keel and with a few, short, 

 stiff hairs on the sides or nearly smooth.— Moist thickets and low woods, usually 

 along streams. Maine and Ontario to South Dakota, southward to Florida and 

 Texas. May to October. 



