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Fig. 334. Paspalum bifidum (A. Bertol.) Nash. 1897. {Paspa- 

 lum racemulosum Chapm.) Loosely-flowered Paspalum. — A 

 slender, erect perennial 6 to 12 dm. high, long, flat leaves, villous 

 sheaths, at least the lower oues, and slender, rather remotely 

 flowered racemes 5 to 12 cm. long. Spikelets (a, b) on compara- 

 tively long pedicels, ohovate, obtuse, about 3 mm. long. — Dry, 

 sandy soil, pine barrens of Alabama and Florida westward to 

 Louisiana and Texas. Aujjust-October. 



