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Fig. 383. Panicum manatense NasL, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 24 : 

 42. 1897.— A glabrous, niucb-braucbed pereuuial with diffusely 

 sin-eadiug culms 2 to 4 dm. long, nearly erect leaves 3.5 to 9 cm. 

 long, and ovate, ratber few-flowered panicles 4 to 6 cm. long. 

 Spikek'ts (a, &, c) elliptical-oblong, pubescent, about 3.5 mm. 

 long, witb distinct papilla- between tbe nerves of the second 

 and third glumes.— Florida and ( ?) Georgia to Louisiana. 



Distinguished from P. commulatum by its larger and more acute 

 spikelets. Very closely allied to P.Jooiii Vasey. 



