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Fig. 306. Manisuris rugosa (Xntt.) Kuntzc, Rev. Gen. PI. 2: 

 780. 1891. (IlolthoelUa ruoom'Siitt. Gen. 1 -.Si.) Rough-flowehed 

 RAT-TAiL-(iRASS. A lather stout pcreuuial, with compressed 

 culms 1 to 2 m. high, narrow leaves 30 to 50 cm. long, and slender 

 terminal and axillary racemes 4 to 5 cm. long. Outer glume of 

 the sessile spikelet about 4 mm. long and strongly transversely 

 rugose. In moist or wet soil from Delaware to Florida and Ala- 

 bama, and westward to Texas, chiefly near the coast. August- 

 October. 



