Fig. 303. Imperata brasiliensis Trin. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. 

 VI, 2 : 331 (I. caudata Chapin. Fl. S. St. 668, not Trin.). Brazil- 

 ian Blady-grass. — A rather slender, erect perennial, 3 to 7 dm. 

 high, with narrow, white-hairy panicles, 6 to 12 cm. long, and 

 linear-lanceolate leaves, 10 to 30 cm. long. Spikelets linear, about 

 4 mm. long, the outer glumes (b and c) clothed with long hairs 

 from the base to near the middle. — Rich, dry soil, Southern 

 Florida. [Mexico and South America.] May. 



