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Fig. 318. Andropogon maritimus Chapm. Fl. S. St. Suppl. 

 668. (A. svoparius maritimus Hack.) Sand Broom Sedge. — A 

 rather slender perennial, with numerous, abruptly reflexed and 

 glabrous leaves 5 to 10 em. long, and stout racemes 4 to 5 cm. long; 

 sessile spikelets 10 mm. long, with the bitid fourth glume (e) bear- 

 ing an awn about 13 mm. long. — Sand dunes along the coast, west 

 Florida to Mississippi. September-November. 



A good sand binder. Allied to A. scoparius, but quite distinct. 



