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Fig. 380. Panicum polycaulon Nash, Bull. Torr. Bot. Cliih. 

 24: 200. 1897.— A low, palc^ grt-eu, densely ciespitose perennial 



1 to 2 dm. high, with erect or ascending, oblong-lanceolate leaves 



2 to 7 cm. long and ciliate on tLe ni.argins, and ovate panicles 2 to 



3 cm. long. Spikelets {a, h) abont 1.5 mm. long, ol)nvate, obtuse, 

 the 7-nerved second and third glnmes glabrous. — Florida. 



This is separated from the closely allied /'. ciViatifolium Kniith 

 by its narrower leaves, more slend.T culms, and smaller, glal>ri)us 

 spikelets. 



