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Fig. 237. Triplasis americana Beauv. (Sieglhigia americana 

 Beal, Grasses X. Am., 2: 466). — A slender, ctespitose grass, with 

 \\ iiy culms I fco 9 dm. high, rat her short, narrow Leaves, and few- 

 flowered, simple panicles 3 to LO cm. long; the pubescent awns 5 

 to 7 nun. long. — Dry, sandy soil near the coast, North Carolina to 

 Mississippi. ,Inly-< >ctober. 



