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Fig. 192, Gymnopogon brevifolius Trin. Short-leafed 

 Beard-grass. A slender, loosely tnfted and many-jointed peren- 

 nial, with erect or ascending culms 3 to 6 dm. high, short, flat 

 leaves and numerous very slender spikes, which are naked toward 

 the base. Dry or moist pine barrens near the coast, New Jersey 

 to Mississippi. August-November. 



