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Fig. 422. Aiistidafloiidana(Chapm.) Vasey. 1892. {Streptachne 

 Jioridava Chapm. Fl. S. (St. 554.) Florida Curly Beard. A 

 sleuder, erect, somewhat wiry perennial, about 6 dm. high, with 

 nearly tiliform leaves and narrow panicles 30 cm. long. Spikelets 

 ((/) with nearly ernial, purplish empty glumes and a strongly 

 involute, linear flowering glume tapering into a long, more or less 

 curved or flexuous awn; lateral awns wanting. Florida. Sep- 

 tember. 



