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Fig. 369. Panicum octonodum J. G. Smith, n. sp. A slender, 

 erect, nnbranched. glabrous perounial 4 to 6 dm. bigh, witbliucar, 

 rigid, erect or ascending leaves, and narrowly pyramidal, rather 

 densely flowered panicles 5 to 10 cm. long; spikelets elliptical- 

 ovate, acute, 1.2 mm. long; second and third glumes faintly 

 7-uerved and glabrous. — Texas. Allied to P. lindheimeri Nash. 



