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Fig. 530. Uniola longifolia Scribn. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 21 : 

 229. 1894. Long-leafed Spike-grass. A rather stout, peren- 

 nial 6 to 12 dm. high, with long (the lower ones 30 cm. ), flat leaves, 

 and narrow panicles 15 to 45 cm. long. Spikelets (a) 3- to 4-tiow- 

 ered, 7 to 8 mm. long, with 9- to 11-nerved flowering glumes, 3.5 

 to 5 mm. long. Lower sheaths more or less pubescent. In dry 

 soil, low woods, and thickets, or in hummock laud. East Tennes- 

 see to Florida, Texas, and Indian Territory. June-September. 



