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Fig. 310. Andropogon semiberbis Kunth, Eiium. 1 : 489. (A. 

 tener Curtiss, N. Am. PI. No. 3633, not Kunth.) Short-bearded 

 Broom Sedge. — A rather stout, csespitose perennial 6 to 10 dm. 

 high, with narrow leaves and slender racemes 8 to 12 cm. long. 

 Sessile spikelet (a) 7 to 8 mm. long, with the slender awn of the 

 deeply cleft fourth glume (e) 10 to 16 mm. long. — Florida to New 

 Mexico and Nevada. [Cuba, Puerto Rico.] September- April. 



