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Fig. 328. Paspalum vaseyamim Scribn. n. sp. (P. virgatum 

 pubiflorum Vasey, riot Paspalum pubiflorum Rupr.) Vasey's Pas- 

 palum. — A rather stout, erect perennial to 18 dm. high, with 

 long, flat, glabrous leaves and 12 to 20 ascending racemes 5 to 10 

 cm. long. Spikelets ovate, 2 to 2.5 mm. long, the acute outer 

 glumes long-hairy on the margins, the first thinly hairy all over. — 

 Along ditches, roadsides, and in old fields, Louisiana to Texas. 

 July-September. 



