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Fig. 530. Uniola longifolia Scribn. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 21 : 

 229. 1894. Long-leafed Spike-grass.— A ratber stout, peren- 

 nial 6 to 12 dm. high, with long (the lower ones 30 cm.), flat leaves, 

 and narrow panicles 15 to 45 cm. long. Spikelets (a) 3- to 4-tlow- 

 ered, 7 to 8 mm. long, witb 9- to 11-nerved flowering glumes, 3.5 

 to 5 mm. long. Lower slieaths more or less pubescent. — In dry 

 soil, low woods, and thickets, or in hummock laud, East Tennes- 

 see to Florida, Texas, and Indian Territory. June-September. 



