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Fig. 23. Paspalum paspaloides (Michx.) Scribn. (P. elliottii 

 S.Wats.; P. digitaria Poir. ). Elliott's Paspalum.— A soft per- 

 ennial grass 5 to 8 dm. high, geniculate and more or less creeping 

 at the base, with rather broad, flat leaves and slender spikes, 

 which are usually in pairs. — Borders of ponds and ditches and in 

 low pine barrens near the coast, Maryland to Texas. April-August. 



