Fig. 303. Imperata brasiliensis Trin. in Mom. Acad. Pt^torsb. 

 YI, 2 : 331 (/. ccuidiUa Cliapui. Fl. S. 8t. 6G1S, not Trin.). Hrazii.- 

 lAN Blady-grass. A rather .slender, erect perennial, 3 to 7 dm. 

 Liyli, with narrow, white-hairy i)anicles, (! to 12 cm. Ion;;, ami 

 linear-lanceolate loaves, lOtoSOcm. long. Spikelets linear, about 

 4 mm. long, the outer gliimcK {b and c) clothed with long hairs 

 from the base to near the middle. Rich, dry .soil. Southern 

 Florida. [Me.xico and South America.] May. 



