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Fig. 171. Capriola dactylon (L.) Knntze (Panicum dactylon L. ; 

 Cynodon dactylon Pers.). Bermuda-grass. — A creeping perennial, 

 with upright or ascending, leafy flowering branches 1 to 6 dm. 

 high.— Widely dispersed over the tropical and warmer temperate 

 regions of the world, in the United States from Pennsylvania south- 

 ward to Florida and westward to Texas and California. April- 

 October. (The name Capriola may belong to Panicum sanguinale.) 



