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Fig. 5. Manisuris compressa (L. f.) Kuntze (RottboclUa com- 

 pressa L. f. ; Hemartkriafasciculata Kunth). Mat-grass. — A creep- 

 ing perennial, with ascending and usually much branched, flat- 

 tened culms 10 to 14 dm. high, and numerous slender spikes. — 

 River banks, southwestern Texas. [Tropical and subtropical 

 regions of both hemispheres.] September. 



