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Fig. 378. Panicum laxiflorum Lam. Encycl. 4 : 748. 1797. — 

 A slender, densely tufted iiereiuiial about 3 dm. liigli, with rather 

 long, pale-green, soft leaves and loosely fow-Howered panicles 4 to 

 cm. lonj;;. Sheaths papillate-pilose with spreading or deflexed 

 liairs. ypikelets (a, h, c) ovate-elliptical, ohtuse, about 2 mm. 

 long. Second and third glumes pubescent. — Dry or moist, open 

 woodlands, A'iiginia to I'lorida and westward to Tennessee and 

 Louisiana. March-October. 



