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Fig. 246. ERAGROSTIS GLOMERATA (Walt.) L. H. Dewey, Contr. U. S. 

 Nat. Herb. 2 : 543. 1894. ( Poa glomerata Walt. Fl. Car. 80. 1788: P. confeiia 

 Ell. Sk. Bot. S. C. andGa. 1 : 158. 1811; Eragrostis confeiia Trin. Mem. Acad. 

 St. Petersb. VI. Sci. Math. Phys. et Nat. 1 : 409. 1831.)— An erect, rather stout, 

 branching annual 6-9 dm. (2°-3°) high, with smooth sheaths and leaves, and 

 elongated, densely flowered, light-colored panicles 25-60 cm. (10'-24') long. 

 Spikelets (a) 6 to 10 flowered, about 3 mm. (U"j long; flowering glumes (b) 

 about 1 mm. (^") long, acute, one-fourth longer than the palea.— Low grounds, 

 South Carolina to Florida and westward to Texas. (Cuba, Mexico, and South 

 America.) August to November. 



