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Fig. 75. Homalocenchrus hexandru's (Sw.) Britton; Beal 

 Grasses N. Am., 1: 179 (Leersia hexandra Sw.). — A rather slender, 

 usually erect, branching grass 6 to 12 dm. high, with narrow, 

 many-flowered panicles 10 to 15 cm. long. — In swamps and 

 ditches near the coast, North Carolina to Florida and Texas. [In 

 all tropical and many subtropical countries.] May-September. 



