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Fig. 455. Sporobolus junceus (Michx.) Kunth, Revis. Gram. 1 : 

 68. 1835. {Agrostis junceus Michx. Flor. Bor. Am. 1: 52. 1803.) 

 Rush Grass. — A glabrous, erect, slender, wiry perennial with 

 setaceous leaves, th© basal ones 12 to 24 cm. long, and open pani- 

 cles 6 to 14 cm. in length. Spikelets (a) 2.5 to 3 mm. long, with 

 very unequal empty glumes, the first one-fourth to one-third as 

 long as the second, which equals the subacute flowering glume. — 

 Dry, sandy soil, Virginia to Florida and westward to Texas. Feb- 

 ruary-December. 



