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Fkj. 326. Paspalum membianaceum Walt. Fl. Carol. 75. 1788. 

 Not Lain. (/'. wdltcriatiiim Schnltes.) Walter's Pasi'ai.um. A 

 low, creeping, semiaquatic grass, with mnoh brauclied, siiiootli 

 stems 1 .5 to 4..") dm. loiii;-, short, Hat leaves and 2 to G small racemes, 

 1 to 2 cm. long. Spikelets ovate, obtuse, about 2 mm. long, 

 crowded in 2 lows on one side of the broad (2 to 3 mm.), llat 

 racliis. Wet soil, New Jersey and Delaware, south to Florida 

 and westward to southern Ohio and Texas. [Cuba.] .July- 

 (Jctober. 



