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Fig. 363. Panicum lucidum Ashe, Journ. E. Mitch. Sci. Soc. 15 : 

 47. 1898. {F. ramulosum 'MchxJ.) A very slender, erect, or re- 

 clining, glabrous perennial 3 to 10 dm. high, with rather short 

 (2 to 5 em.), flat, acute leaves, and small, spreading panicles, 2 to 

 6 cm. long. S])ikelets eJliptical-ovate, obtuse, 1.8 uini. long, with 

 the second and third glumes glabrous. — Low woods. New .Jersey 

 southward and westward to Texas, common. 



Distiuguislied from /'. sphaynicoluin by its smaller aud glabrous 

 spikelets. 



