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Fig. 495. Calamovilfa curtissii (Vasey) Scribii. n. comb. 

 {Calamagrostia curiiasH Vaaey, Contrib. Nat. Herb. 3:85. 1892; 

 AmmophUa curtissii Vasey, Bull. Torr. Hot. Chib, 11:7. 1884.) 

 SouTHEKX Kkkd-grass. A rather slender, wiry, erect perennial 

 9 to 18 dm. high, from a stout rhizome, with narrow, involute 

 leaves and a contracted panicle Ifi to 20 cm. long. Spikeleta 

 about 5 mm. long, with uneciual empty glumes {a) and more or 

 less hairy llowering glume and palea (6) bearing a few short 

 hairs on the callus. Low ])ine barrens, Florida. July, August. 



