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cm. tall; leaves mostly crowded toward the 

 base, the sheaths compressed, keeled, the 

 blades short. 4 to 10 mm. wide; racemes 7 

 to 12, mostly 5 to 10 cm. long, erect or 

 ascending, crowded, brown, appearing feath- 

 ery from the cilia on the margins of the lem- 

 ma; spikelets about 2 mm. long. % — In- 

 troduced from Argentina. Roadsides near 

 Tifton, Ga. Probably escaped from cultiva- 

 tion. 



Chloris capensis (Houtt.) Thell. Sto- 

 loniferous perennial; culms 40 to 75 cm. tall; 

 blades obtuse; spikes few to several, finally 



Figure 757. — Chloris petraea. Plant, XI; florets, X 5. 

 (Curtiss, Fla.) 



P 



Figure 758. — Chloris floridana. Panicle, X 1; florets, 

 X 5. (Nash 2198, Fla.) 



Figure 759. — Chloris neglecta. Panicle, X 1; florets, 

 X 5. (Curtiss 3445, Fla.) 



arcuate-spreading; spikelets about 2.5 mm. 

 long, the glumes short-awned, the brown 

 lemmas white-ciliate on the keel and mar- 

 gin, awnless. % — Introduced from South 

 Africa. Levy County, Fla. Probably escaped 

 from cultivation. 



