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Fig. 25. Paspalum distichum L. Kxot-gkass. A low, creep- 

 ing, somewhat succulent perennial, with llat leaves and two 

 spikes at the apex of the, upright tiower-bearing branches, which 

 are 1 to 3 dm. high. Habit of growth resembling Berruuda- 

 grass. Ditches and muddy or sandy shores, Virginia and Missouri 

 to Florida, Texas, and southern California; northward on the 

 Pacific Coast to Oregon. [Widely distributed in tropical and 

 subtropical regions.] April-October. 



