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Fig, 78. HOMALOCENCHRUS MONANDRUS (Sw.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 

 2:777. 1891. (Lfer.^m »iOHO»(/ra S\v. Prod. Veg. Ind.Occ. 21. 1788.) SLENDEE 

 CUT-GRASS.— A slender, sparingly branched grass with somewhat wiry culms 

 3-6 dm. (l°-2°) high, and usually glaucous leaves; panicle small, branches 

 alternate, distant, flowering above, naked below. Spikelets {b, c) pale, semi- 

 ovate; about 1.5 mm. (?") long,smooth;stamen,l.— Keys of southern Florida (in 

 coral soil ) and in southern Texas. ( Mexico, West Indies, and South America. ) 

 February to May. 



