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NORTH-CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



POA SEROTINA LATE FLOWERING MEADOW-GRASS FALSE RKT&amp;gt; 



TOP FOWL MEADOW. (Fig. 12.) 



(Fio. 12.) 



Stem and leaves smooth. Panicle elongated diffuse, branch 

 es in fives or sixes whorled. Spikelets ovate, accuminate 

 three to four flowered, tinged with yellow at the apex ; glumes 

 long, lanceolate, very acute ; paleae lanceolate, rather obtuse 

 and pubescent at base. 



The leaves are 2.63 lines wide, and 4 or 5 inches long ; root, 



