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Fig 2M EATONIA FIL-rFORMlS (Chapm.) Vasey, Bot. Gaz. 11 : 117. 1886. 

 {E penn^jlmnica fiUformls Chapm. Fl. So. U. S. 560. 1860. )-An erect, tufted 

 perennial 3-6 dm. (l°-20) high, with very long upper internodes and long, 

 involute radical leaves. Sheaths very shortly woolly-pubescent; leaf-blades 

 rigid those of the sterile shoots 30-50 cm. (12'-18') long. Panicle very slender, 

 narrow, the few branches appressed. Spikelets (a) scattered. 2 to 3 flowered; 

 the first empty glume (b) linear, acute; the second narrowly obovate; flowering 

 glumes (c) obtuse 2-3 mm. (1"-U") long. Palea equaling the glume in length.- 

 Dry, sandy soil, South Carolina, Florida, and Texas, north to western Tennessee. 

 March, April. 



