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43. TRAGUS Hall., Stirp. Helv. 2: 203. 1768. 
(Nazia Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 581. 1763. No generic description) 
Spikelets 1-flowered, in small spikes of 2 to 5, the spikes subsessile, 
falling entire, the spikelets sessile on a very short zigzag rachis, the 
first glumes small, thin, or wanting, appressed to the rachis, the 
second glumes of the two lower spikelets strongly convex with 3 
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FIGURE 59.—Tragus berteronianus. Plant, X 4%; bur and spikelet, X 5 (Hitchcock 3745). 
thick nerves bearing a row of squarrose, stout hooked prickles along 
each side, the 2 second glumes forming the halves of a little bur, the 
upper 1 to 3 spikelets reduced and sterile; lemmas and palea thin, 
the lemma flat, the palea strongly convex. Low annuals with flat 
blades and narrow spikes. 
1. Tragus berteronianus Schult., Mant. 2: 205. 1824. Santo 
Domingo. 
Culms branched at base, spreading, 10 to 40 cm long; blades 
firm, mostly less than 5 cm long, 2 to 4 mm wide, the cartilaginous 
