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Fig. 321. Andropogon halepeiisis Jiiot. iSuitjIiuin halvpeiisr 

 Pers; Jlolcns halepenaia Linn. Sji. I'l. VA. \, 1017.) Johnson 

 Ghass. A stout, smooth, <-ie(t jirienuiiil 1 to 2 ui. bigl), i'roiii 

 stronji, creej)!!);; rootstocks, with long, Hat leaves. 1 to 2 cm. broad, 

 ami open ])iaiic]es 15 to 30 cm. lon<r. .Sessilt? spikelets (a) \ toS.;") 

 mm. long, the awn of the Howeiing glume 10 to IT) mm. loug.--In- 

 tioduccd and cnltivjited in luany of flie Soutlicrn Stiitcs for hay. 

 [Soutliern l^iiioix-, Asia, :iud North Atrira. J 



