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Fiii. 310. Panicuin platyphyiluin .Muino, ex Wiij,rlit in >;iuv. 

 Fl. Cub. 197, without (It-scription ; V;isey in Contrib. U. S. Natl. 

 Herb., 3:27. Fi.at-lkafkd Panic-gkas.s. — A iiiuch-branclied, 

 ascemlint^, leafv ixTennial, rooting at the lower joints; Howi-ring 

 (stems H to 5 dm. liif;h. Spiivclcts («, h, c) broadly ovate, oblong, 

 obtuse, iil)out 1 mm. lonu, aiianu^ed iu slender, spike-like racemes, 

 wliicli arc ap)>roximato near the :ii)ox of the culm or it> branches. — 

 Low i^roiiuds, Texas. [Cuba.] .June, .July. 



