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Fi(;.531. Uniola sessiliflora Poir. Kiicyc. 8 : 185. 1806. (i'tiiola 

 nilida Ell.). Short-stalkkd Uniola. A rather slender, wiry 

 perennial S.5 to 9 dm. hij;li, with Hat, spre.idiuj^ leaves, and sim- 

 ple, rigid panicles 5 to 20 cm. long. Spikelets (a) strongly tlat- 

 teued, G-to8-llowered, 12 to Ki mm. long, witii sliarply acuminate- 

 pointed empt.\ glimits () to S mm. lung. ( )ii Inimiiiocks in shady 

 swamps near the coast, Georgia to Louisiana. June-October. 



