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Fig. 3. Erianthus compactus Nash in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 

 22 : 419; Brittou aud Brown, 111. FL, 1 : 99. Dexsely flowehed 

 Flume-grass. — A stout, erect perennial 12 to 24 dm. bigh, witb 

 long, narrow leaves aud densely flowered, oblong, brownisb or red- 

 dish panicles 10 to 15 cm. long, tbe branches spreading in authesis. — 

 Meadows and swamjis, mostly uvav the coast ; Xew Jersey to Vir- 

 ginia aud Tennessee. August-October. 



