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Fig. 366. Panicum dichotomum Linn. Sp. PI. 58. — A slender, 

 smooth, and finally much branched above, somewhat wiry i)eren- 

 nial, 2 to 6 dm. high, with i)ale-grcen, spreading leaves 4 to 8 cm. 

 long, and open jjanicles. Lateral panicles small and few-tlowered. 

 Spikelcts («, b, c) oblong-elliptical, nearly 2 mm. long, glabrous. 

 The later growth of this si>ecies has the a8i)eet of a little tree. — 

 Dry thickets and open woodlands, New York to Nebraska and 

 southward to the Gulf of Mexico. May-October, 



