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Fig. 308. Elionurus tripsacoides Humb. et Bonpl. ap. Willd. 

 Sp. PI. 4: 941. 1805. (JRotfboeJUa ciliata Xutt.) A stout, branching 

 perennial 7 to 12 dm. high, witb narroAv leaves 15 to 50cm. long, and 

 slender, more or less pilose racemes 8 to 14 cm. in length. Sessile 

 -pikelet lanceolate, 7 to 10 mm. long, with the first glume (c) glab- 

 rous on the back or shortly pubescent near the base. — Low piue 

 barrens and marshy grounds. Florida to Texas. [South America.] 

 August, September. 



