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bust, taller; foliage glabrous or nearly 

 so; racemes longer, more spreading. 

 % — Brackish marshes and low, 

 sandy, mostly open ground, southern 

 New Jersey to central Florida, west 

 to Kentucky, Illinois, southeastern 

 Kansas, and Texas. 



41. Paspalum giganteum Baldw. 

 ex Vasey. (Fig. 902.) Culms mostly 

 solitary from short scaly rhizomes, 

 erect, 1.5 to 2 m. tall; leaves numer- 

 ous at base; blades elongate, 10 to 20 

 mm. wide, glabrous or nearly so; 

 racemes commonly 3 or 4, 10 to 20 

 cm. long; spikelets oval, about 3.5 

 mm. long, usually russet-tinged. % 

 (P. longicilmm Nash.) — Moist sandy 

 soil, open ground, stream banks, flat- 

 woods, and hammocks, on the Coastal 

 Plain from Georgia to southern Flor- 

 ida; Mississippi (Biloxi), 



Figtjke 897. — Paspalum. circulate. Panicle, X 1; two 

 views of spikelet, and floret, X 10. (Chase 3836, Md.) 



open ground and in flatwoods, in the 

 Coastal Plain, South Carolina, to 

 Orange County, Fla., and west near 

 the Gulf to Louisiana. 



40. Paspalum floridanum Michx. 

 (Fig. 901.) Culms solitary or few 

 from short stout scaly rhizomes, 1 to 

 2 m. tall; sheaths villous to nearly 

 glabrous; blades firm, flat or folded, 

 15 to 50 cm. long, 4 to 10 mm. wide, 

 usually villous at least on the upper 

 surface toward base; racemes usually 

 2 to 5, 4 to 12 cm. long; spikelets 

 crowded, oval, about 4 mm. long. 

 01 — Low moist sandy soil, pine 

 woods, flatwoods, savannas, and low 

 prairies, in the Coastal Plain from 

 Maryland to central Florida and 

 along the Gulf to Texas, north in the 

 valleys to Missouri and Oklahoma. 

 Paspalum floridanum var. gla- 

 bratum Engelm. ex Vasey. More ro- 



Figure 898. — Paspalum praecox. Panicle, X 1; two 

 views of spikelet, and floret, X 10. (Stone 377, S.C.) 



