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Fig. 249. ERAGROSTIS PLUMOSA Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 192. 1827.— A slen- 

 der, diffusely branching annual 1-4 dm. (4'-16') high, with flat leaves and 

 oblong, open panicles 5-15 cm. (2'-6') long. Sheaths shorter than the inter- 

 nodes; leaf-blades 2-10 cm (1 '-4') long, 2-4 mm. (l"-2") wide, smooth beneath, 

 slightly scabrous above. Spikelets («, b) linear-oblong, 6 to 8 flowered, 1-3 mm.' 

 {V'-U")long; first glume obtuse, 3-nerved, equaling the long-ciliate flowering 

 glumes, which are about 1 mm. (i") long.— Cultivated and waste ground, south- 

 ern Georgia and Florida. (Widely distributed in tropical countries.^ July to 

 November. 



