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Fig. 23. Paspalum paspaloides (Michx.) Scribn. (P. elliottii 

 S.Wats.; P. digitaria Poir.). Elliott's Paspalum. A soft per- 

 ennial grass 5 to 8 dm. high, geniculate and more or less creeping 

 at the base, with rather broad, flat leaves and slender spikes, 

 which are usually in pairs. Borders of ponds and ditches and in 

 Low pine barrens near the coast, Maryland to Texas. April-August. 



