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Fi(i. 42. Panicuni lanatuni Rottb. (P. Uucophwum HBK.); 

 Bea], Grasses N. Ajii., 2: 111. Cotton-gkass. — A ratber stout, 

 more or less branchiug leafy perennial 6 to 12 dm. bigb, vritb 

 narrow, soft-baiiy panicles. — Cultivated ground, river banks, and 

 coral soil on keys, central and soutbern Florida; on ballast at 

 Mobile, Ala. [Widely distributed in tropical America; Australia; 

 Atrica.J May-October. 



