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Fig. 309. Andropogon tener Kunth, Revis. Gram. 2 : 565. 

 Beardless Broom Sedge. — A slender perennial grass 2 to 6 dm. 

 high, with long, narrow leaves, and very slender racemes 3 to 6 cm. 

 long. Sessile spikelet (a) 4 to 5 mm. long, with the ciliate and 

 deeply cleft fourth glume (/) bearing a slender awn 8 to 14 mm. 

 long. — Dry sandy hills and pine barrens, Florida, Alabama, and 

 Mississippi to New Mexico. [Cuba, Mexico.] July-September. 



