, 15-60 m. (6/-19" 
sometimes hairy bos the SPT surface he ar the base. apitats (a) 6-7 mm. 
(331% long: e abou - (3”) 1 ong with few scattered, long, 
whitc hairs. tk f ) with a stout, twisted 
awn 14-18 minm. | (zh 9") long; hairs as long as or exceeding the N npo 
moist grounds, New Jersey to South Carolina and westw Tex 
tember. 
Elliott (Sk. MX 8. C. and geh i: epider d a wrong idea of Andropogon alope- 
curoides L., as scribed it as having a straight awn. Examination of 
Baldwin's ispeot E. contortus i Herb. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia shows that 
itis distinct this species. 
