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Augustine grass, S. secundatiim (Walt.) Kuntze (Fig. 28), 

 a stoloniferous perennial with flat stems and spikes, the 

 spikelets partly immersed in the thickened rachis. This 

 species is grown as a lawn-grass near the seacoast from 

 North Carolina to Florida and Louisiana. 



Fig. 28. Stenotaphrum secundatum. 

 Upper portion of culms with inflores- 

 cence, X H. spikelet, X5. 



