686 



MISC. PUBLICATION 200, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



the main culm and branches, 5 to 20 cm long, loosely few-flowered, 

 the branches distant, spreading or reflexed; spikelets ovoid, about 



Figure 1546.— Lasiacis divaricata. Plant, X H; spikelet and floret, X 10. (Curtiss 5530, Fla.) 



4 mm long, black at maturity. Ql — Copses and edges of woods, 

 southern Florida; tropical America, at low altitudes, especially near 

 the seacoast. 



