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FlG. 24. Paspalum compressum (Sw.) Nees. (P. platycaule 

 Poir. i. Louisiana or Carpet-grass. — A slender, erect, or more 

 frequently prostrate and extensively creeping perennial, rooting 

 at the nodes and sending up numerous leafy or flower-bearing 

 branches 1.5 to 6 dm. high, with 2 to 6 subdigitate slender spikes 

 and small, acutish spikelets. — Low ground and moist pastures, 

 abundant near the coast from Virginia to Texas. [Mexico, Central 

 and South America, and West Indies.] April-October. A valuable 

 pasture grass. 



