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Fig. 365. Panicum polyanthes Schulfes, Maut., 2 : 257. 1824. 

 (P. multijiorum Ell. 1S17. not Poir 1816; P. microcarpon Muhl. 

 June, 1817, uot ex Elliott Jan., 1817). — A rather .stout, erect, and 

 finally sparingly branched, smooth perennial, 3 to 8 dm. high, 

 with hroad, spreading leaves, many-tiowered panicles, 7 to 18 cm. 

 long, and minutely pubescent, nearly spherical spikelets {a, h, c) 

 about 1.5 mm. long. — Dry open woodlands and occasionally in 

 open grounds. New York southward to Florida and westward to 

 Michigan, Nebraska, and Texas. June-October. 



