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FIG ANDROPOGON MELANOC. onanera core e riduce 
146. in. Brest uat Of enin Gram. 183. 1817; Heteropogon mela 
pus Ben rn. Linn. Soc. 19: 71. 1882) LARGE-FRUITED BEARD- 
GRASS.—A stout, t bin xum ng 8 with 3 ee, ps culms 5-20 dm. 
Lu BBN TY and terminal or lateral race m. (1}’-2}’) long. Sheaths 
subcom smooth ik X ai isos 15-40 em. (6'-16") 
long, 5-1 ec (215% wide, scabrous. " Sessile spikelet (b) 7-9 mm. (3i1^-4i") 
long, with a sharp barbate callus 3 mm. (13”) long, and a stout, densely-villous 
em. (3’-5’) long. Pedicellate sectae = 16-20 mm. (8”-10”) long, 2 to 
essile ,0 — 
te- 
Fields and roadsides, Florida to Alabama. OTENE ue Tropics. ) 
