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NORTH-CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



POA 8EROTINA LATE FLOWERING MEADOW-GRASS FALSE RED- 

 TOP FOWL MEADOW. (Fig. 12.) 



(FiG. 12.) 



Stem and leaves smooth. Panicle elongated diffuse, branch- 

 es in fives or sixes whorled. Spikelets ovate, accuminate 

 three to four flowered, tinged with yellow at the apex ; glumes 

 long, lanceolate, very acute ; paleae lanceolate, rather obtuse 

 and pubescent at base. 



The leaves are 2.63 lines wide, and 4 or 5 inches long ; root, 



