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Fig. 308. Elionurus tripsacoides Humb. et Boupl. ap. Willd. 

 Sp.P1.4:941. 1805. (li'otlhoelUii ciliata'Sntt.) Astout,l>rauchiiig 

 perennial 7 to 12 dm. bigh, witb narrow leaves 15 to 50cm. long, and 

 slender, more or less pilose racemes 8 to 14 cm. in length. Sessile 

 spikclet lanceolate, 7 to 10 nun. long, with the first glume (e) glab- 

 rous on the back or shortly pubescent near the base. Low pine 

 barrens and marshy grounds, Florida to Texas. [South America.] 

 August, September. 



