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,wi 
Mert 1829.) F uch- 
ranched, asc uberi ord jn. a creeping o float ing base, J. 5-9 dm 19-39) 
long, and 10 to 50 slender racemes2-6 em 5 long. pane ses pesei or 
more or less densely papillate-pilose; ligu le short, membranaceous; blades 
lanceolate, 2.5-15 em aes long, 6-14 mm. (37-7") wide, scabrous, ae seo of 
the racemes flat, thin, nd- 
ing beyond them into an acute tip. Spikelets (0, d arranged: in two rows a. 
thinly pubescent with minute glandular hairs; outer glum denies 2-nerved, 
the first slightly exceeding the second, which ohne a brown m t the git 
The flowering glume is shown by d, and the palea by e, Southern n Dllinois to 
Florida, Louisiana, Indian Territory, and Texas. (Tropical America.) July to 
tober 
