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Fig. 344. Panicum ciliatissimum 15iickl. Bnckl. Prel. Rop. 

 Geol. and Agr. Surv. Tex. 4. 1866. A'asey, U. S. Dcpt. Agr., Div. 

 Bot., Bull. 8:28. 1889. Indian Wheat. Cari'KT <;rass. A 

 ciccpiug, much brauthed, leafy perenuial with upright Howoring 

 stems 1 to 3 dm. high aud narrow few-flowered panicles 2 to 4 cm. 

 long. Spikelets (a, h) about 3. .5 to 4 mm. long, Avith the second 

 aud third glumes densely ciliate-liairy near the margins. Low 

 grounds, southern Texas. May. 



This grass is locally known as carpet grass. The extensively 

 creeping, short-jointed, aud leafy stems of tliis grass suggest a 

 close resemblance to Bermuda grass. 



