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Fig. 327. Paspalum boscianum Fltigge, Monog. 170. 1810. 

 (P. purpurascens Ell. ; P. virgatum Walt, not Linn.) Purple Pas- 

 palum. — A stout perennial with ascending, branching culms 6 to 

 9 <lrn. high 7 long, flat leaves and numerous, usually purple- 

 flowered racemes 2 to 6 cm. long, crowded near the summit of the 

 culm or its branches. Spikelets glabrous, obovate, obtuse, 2 mm. 

 long. — Low woodlands and along ditches, North Carolina and 

 Tennessee to Florida westward to Mississippi and Louisiana. 

 July-September. 



