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Fig. 187. CHLORIS POI.YDACTYLA (L.) Sw. Prod. Veg. Ind. Occ. 26. 1788. 

 {Andropogon polydactylon L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 1483. 1763.) MANY-SPIKED 

 CHLORIS.— A rather stout, leafy perennial 5-10 dm. (,liO-3i°) high, with 

 numerous, more or less flexuous, brownish spikes 8-13 cm. (3'-5') long; leaves 

 6 dm. (2°) long or less, 1 cm. (5") wide or less, attenuate, usually densely pilose 

 on the upper surface at the base. Spikelets, exclusive of awn, 3 mm. (li") long; 

 glumes 6, outer ones (a) acuminate, the first three-fourths as long as the second; 

 third glume (6) pilose, the hairs of the lateral nerves much exceeding the 

 glume, the brown awn inserted just below the apex, 3-4 mm. (li"-2") long.— 

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