MANUAL OF THE GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES 



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long and 1 cm. wide (commonly less 

 than 5 mm.) ; panicle dense, cylindric, 

 usually 5 to 10 cm. long, the axis 

 densely hispid-scabrous and also vil- 

 lous; bristles much exceeding the 

 spikelets, sometimes as much as 2 

 cm. long, green or purple; spikelets 

 2 mm. long; fruit coarsely rugose. 

 O — Sandy woods, cultivated fields, 

 and waste places, along the coast, 

 North Carolina to Florida and Louis- 

 iana; Cuba. 



9. Setaria liebmanni Fourn. (Fig. 

 1102.) Annual, branching below, 30 

 to 100 cm. tall; blades flat, rather 

 thin, 10 to 20 cm. long, 1 to 2 cm. 

 wide, scabrous; panicle loosely flow- 

 ered, tapering at each end, often 

 nodding, usually 10 to 25 cm. long, 



Figure 1100. — Setaria scheelei, X 1. (Bush 1244, Tex.) 



Figure 1099. — Setaria macrostachya, X 1. (Hitchcock 

 13605, Tex.) 



Figure 1101. — Setaria corrugata, X 1. (Pollard and 

 Collins 253, Fla.) 



