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Fig. 495. Calamovilfa curtissii (Vasey) Scribn. n. comb. 

 (Calamagrostis curtissii Vasey, Contrib. Nat. Herb. 3:85. 1892; 

 AmmqpMla curtissii Vasey, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 11: 7. 1884.) 

 Southern Eeed-grass. — A rather slender, wiry, erect perennial 

 9 to 18 dm. high, from a stout rhizome, with narrow, involute 

 leaves and a contracted panicle 16 to 20 cm. long. Spikelets 

 about 5 mm. long, with unequal empty glumes (a) and more or 

 less hairy flowering glume and palea (6) bearing a few short 

 hairs on the callus. — Low pine barrens, Florida. July, August. 



