243 



81. t. 16. f. 10. 1812. 

 -A slender, csespitose 



Fig. 237. TRIPLASIS AMERICANA Beauv. Agrost, 

 {Sieglingia americana Beal, Grasses N. A. 2 : -166. 1896.) 



grass, with wiry culms 4-9 dm. {\°-6°) high, rather short, narrow leave.s, and 

 few-flowered, simple panicles 3-10 cm. [V-4') long. Nodes pubescent /leaf- 

 blades .scabrous, those of the culm 1-8 cm. (i'-3') long, basal ones 10-20 cm. 

 (4'-8') long, 1..5-2 mm. (f'-l") wide. Spikelets (a) 2 to 5 flowered; empty 

 glumes .smooth, obtuse or lobed, 3.5-4 mm. (ir'-2") long; flowering glumes (6) 

 about 5 mm. (2k") long, cleft, bearing a pubescent awn 5-7 cm. i^''-^") long.— 

 Dry, sandy soil near the coast. North Carolina to Mississippi. July to October. 



