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Fig. 59. Panicum barbulatum Michx. Bearded-joint.— 

 Cnlius 3 to 9 dm. liiffh, linally niiich-liiaiicbed, slender, smooth, 

 except tbe nodes, which arc conspicuously barbed with redexed, 

 white hairs, panicle ovate-pyramidal, spikelets numerous, small. — 

 Bogs, wet meadows, and low woodlands, southern New York to 

 Illinois, Florida, and New Mexico. 



