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Fig. 237. Triplasis americana Beauv. (Sieglingia americana 

 Beal, Grasses N. Am., 2 : 466). A slender, ca-spitose grass, with 

 wiry culms 4 to 9 dm. high, rather short, narrow leaves, and few- 

 llowered, simple panicles 3 to 10 cm. long; the pubescent awns 5 

 to 7 mm. long. Dry, sandy soil near the coast, North Carolina to 

 Mississippi. July-October. 



