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8 to 10 mm. long, the awn 8 to 12 

 mm. long; pedice'late spikelet scarce- 

 ly reduced, short-awned. % — 



Figure 1148. — Andropogon littoralis, X 1. (Burk, 



N. J.) 



glume awn- tipped. % — Pinelands, 



Mississippi to Arkansas and Texas. 



11. Andropogon maritimus Chapm. 



(Fig. 1150.) Culms solitary, com- 

 pressed, ascending from a decumbent, 

 short-noded base, 50 to 60 cm. long, 

 branching toward the ends, and with 

 long creeping rhizomes; sheaths over- 

 lapping on the short internodes, 

 strongly keeled, commonly reddish; 

 blades 3 to 5 mm. wide, often folded 

 and reflexed, the midnerve deeply 

 impressed; raceme 4 to 6 cm. long, 

 the base included in the dilated 

 sheath, the rachis very flexuous, the 

 joints and pedicels copiously long- 

 ciliate except at base; sessile spikelet 



FiGTTRE 1149. — Andropogon, divergens, X 1. (Tharp 

 3094, Tex.) 



Figure 1150. — Andropogon maritimus, X 1. (Chap- 

 man, Fla.) 



