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Fig. 248. ERAGROSTIS CZLIARIS (Linn.) Link, Hort. BeroL 1: 192. 1827. 

 {Poa ciliaris Linn. .<p. PL ed. 2. 102. 1762.)— A diffusely branching, slender 

 annual 2-5 dm. (8'-18') high, with thin, narrow leaves and densely flowered, 

 cylindrical, spike-like, more ur less interrupted panicles 5-10 cm. (2'-4') long. 

 Sheaths .smooth, bearded at the throat; leaf-blades 5-7 cm. (2'-3') long, smooth. 

 Spikelets (a) 1-3 mm. (i"-li" j long. 5 to 7 flowered, densely crowded on the .'^hort. 

 appressed branches; flowering glumes (b) obtuse, mucronate, rough, or ciliate 

 on the back. Palea fringed on the margins with long, bristly hairs.— Cultivated 

 and waste grounds. Georgia and Florida to Mississippi. (Mexico, West Indies, 

 and Asia.) July to October. 



