Fig. 304. Erianthusalopecuroides (L.) Nash in Britt. & Brown, 

 111. Flor., 1: 98, not Ell. (E. contortus Ell. Sk. Bot. S. Car. & Ga. 

 1, 40. E. saccharoides contortus Hack.) Spiral-awned Plume- 

 grass. — A stout, erect perennial, 2 to 3 in. high, with long leaves 

 and hairy, bearded panicles 15 to 30 cm. long. Spikelets (a) 6 to 

 7 mm. long j the deeply cleft fourth or flowering glume (e) with a 

 stout, twisted awn 14 to 18 mm. long; hairs as long as or exceed- 

 ing the spikelet. — Low moist grounds, New Jersey to South Car- 

 olina and westward to Texas. September. 



