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Fig. 264. Uniola latifolia Michx. Broad-leafed Spike- 

 grass. — An erect grass, with rather stout, simple culms 6 to 12 

 dm. high, hroad, spreading leaf blades and a drooping panicle of 

 large, flat spikelets 2 to 3 cm. long. — Low thickets and shaded 

 hanks of streams, Pennsylvania to Florida, west to Illinois, Kan- 

 sas, and Texas. June-Octoher. 



