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Figure 229.— Eragrostis refracta. Panicle, X 1; floret, X 10. (Kearney 1922, N. C.) 



Figure 230. — A, Eragrostis bahiensis. Panicle, X 1; floret, X 10. (Hitchcock 19862, La.) B, E. chariis, X 10. 



(Weatherwax 822, Fla.) 



the upper surface near base; lower 

 panicle branches usually finally re- 

 flexed, long-pilose in the axils; spike- 

 lets short-pediceled, appressed and 

 distant along the nearly simple pan- 

 icle branches, the lemmas on the aver- 

 age shorter than in E. elliottii. % 

 — Low sandy soil, Coastal Plain, 



Delaware to Florida, Arkansas, and 

 eastern Texas. 



45. Eragrostis chariis (Schult.) 

 Hitchc. (Fig. 230, B.) Perennial; 

 culms erect or ascending at base, 60 

 to 120 cm. tall; panicle open, 7 to 15 

 cm. long, nodding, the branches gla- 

 brous or with a few hairs in the axils, 



