. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 213. Fig. 509. Triplasispurpurea (Walt.) Chap. Fl. So. St. 559. (Aira purpurea Walt. Fl. Car. 78. 1788. Tricuspis purpurea A. Gray; SieoUngia purpurea Kimtze.) Purple Sand-grass.—A smooth, erect or spreading, cn'spitoso pereunial 3 to 9 dm. high, with nar- row, rigid leaves and simple panicles 2 to G cm. long. Spikelets 2- to 5-flowered, 5 to 8 mm. long, with smooth empty glumes («) and hairy, 2-lobed and short-awned lloweriug glumes (d).—In sandy soil along the coast, from Maine to Florida and westward to Nebraska and Tex

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. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 213. Fig. 509. Triplasispurpurea (Walt.) Chap. Fl. So. St. 559. (Aira purpurea Walt. Fl. Car. 78. 1788. Tricuspis purpurea A. Gray; SieoUngia purpurea Kimtze.) Purple Sand-grass.—A smooth, erect or spreading, cn'spitoso pereunial 3 to 9 dm. high, with nar- row, rigid leaves and simple panicles 2 to G cm. long. Spikelets 2- to 5-flowered, 5 to 8 mm. long, with smooth empty glumes («) and hairy, 2-lobed and short-awned lloweriug glumes (d).—In sandy soil along the coast, from Maine to Florida and westward to Nebraska and Texas. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Division of Agrostology. Washington, D. C. : The Division

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