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Figure 227. — Eragrostis elliottii. Panicle, X 1; floret, X 10. (Tracy 7384, Fla.) 



Figure 228. — Eragrostis acuta. Panicle, X 1; floret, X 10. (Type.) 



the entire height of the plant, branch- 

 ing 3 or 4 times, the branches less 

 fragile than in E. elliottii; spikelets on 

 long spreading pedicels, oblong-ellip- 

 tic, 10- to 20-flowered, 8 to 14 mm. 

 long, 3 mm. wide, pale or stramine- 

 ous; glumes acuminate, 2.5 and 3 mm. 



long; lemmas acuminate, 3 mm. long; 

 grain 0.8 mm. long. % — Low pine 

 woods and moist sandy soil, penin- 

 sular Florida. 



44. Eragrostis refracta (Muhl.) 

 Scribn. ('Fig. 229.) Resembling E. 

 elliottii; blades more or less pilose on 



