Fic. 322. ANDROPOGON gerig a n. Sp. Pl. 1045, 1753. (Hetero- 
contortus Beauv. in R. & S. Syst, Mk 1817.) TWISTED BEA 
GRASS.—A stout perennial 3-10 dm 8 high, with rather broad lea’ 
and solitary b racemes ter ti culm or its branch 
about 5 em. (2) long. Sessile | mm. „ with a sharp- 
ted is callin, pubsscesti ; second gl 
(d) 
glume (f) hyaline at the base, e 
awn 8-10 em, (3/-4’) aps Pedicellate spikelets rae ss (4550) long, om 
es membr near the mar 
toward the apex. The senile and pedicellate spikelets are shown at a, and 
j spikelet opened to show the parts at b.—Sandy soil, Texas to 
subtropical countries of both hemispheres.) 
te first glum ; 
narrower, 3-nerved; third glume (v) very - E fourth or v 
xtended abo , twisted, an 
