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Fig. 315. Andropogon longiberbis Hack. Flora, 68 : 131. 1885. 

 (J. tetrastachyus var. dislachyus Chapm.) Loxg-bearded Broom 

 Sedge. — A slender grass, 6 to 8 dm. high, with compressed, silky- 

 villous sheaths, comparatively short and narrow leaves and slen- 

 der panicles, 20 to 30 cm. long. Eacemes 3 cm. long. Sessile 

 spikelets 4 to 4.5 mm. long, somewhat broader than in A. virgini- 

 CV8, with the shortly 2-toothed fourth glume (e) hearing a slender 

 awn about 16 mm. long. — High pine lands, Florida. May, June. 



