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South Carolina to Florida and Texas; 

 American Tropics. Cultivated as a 

 lawn grass in the coastal cities; also 

 in Marin County, Calif., and escap- 

 ing. The lawns have a coarse texture 



but are otherwise satisfactory. Prop- 

 agated by cuttings of the stolons. A 

 variegated form with leaves striped 

 with white is used as a basket plant. 

 Called by gardeners var. variegatum. 



Figure 844. — Leptoloma cognatum. Plant, X l A \ two 

 views of spikelet, and floret, X 10. (Tracy 8223, Tex.) 



