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Fig. 304. Brianthusalopecuroides (L.)Nasb in Britt. & Brown, 

 111. Flor., 1: 98, not Ell. {E. contortits Ell. Sk. Bot. S. Car. & Ga. 

 1, 40. E. eaccharoides contorius Hack.) Spiral-awned Plume- 

 grass. A stout, erect perennial, 2 to 3 ni. high, with long leaves 

 and bairy, beardefl panicles 15 to 30 cm. long. Spikelets () 6 to 

 7 mm. long; the deeplj^ cleft fourth or llowering glume (e) with a 

 stout, twisted awn 14 to 18 mm. long; hairs as long as or exceed- 

 ing the spikf'let. Low moist grounds. New Jersey to South Car- 

 olina and westward to Texas. September. 



