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Fig. 353. Paniciim divaricatuni Liuii. Am. Atacl.,5: 302. (/'. 

 latifolium Liiiu. S]). PL in part.) Small Cane. — A coarse, -woody, 

 bamboo-like pereuiiial, reclining or climbing over l)nsbes, Avitb 

 usually numerous, sbort and spreading, liower-beariug branches 

 at the nodes. Leaves lanceolate-acute; panicles simple, few- 

 flowered. Spikelets (a, &) swollen, about 4 mm. long. Glumes 

 tipped with a tuft of hairs. — Dry woods and thickets, southern 

 Florida [West Indies, Mexico, and tropical America]. March- 

 September. 



