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Fig. 55. Panicum amarum P211. Bitter Pajvic-grass. — A stout, 

 coarse perennials to 12 dm. high, fromstroug, creeping rootstocks, 

 with rather long (30 to 40 cm.), rigid leaves and many-flowered, 

 open panicles 10 to 30 cm. long. — Sandy beaches, foast of southern 

 New England to southern Florida. July-November. A good sand 

 binder. 



