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Fig. 384. Panicum ensliiii Tiin. MSS., Nees, Agros. Bras.. 2: 

 227. 1829. (/'. ?/)Hrtr//o/i((«i Scribu. U.S. Dept.A.uT.. Div. Agios.. 

 Bull. 11: 42 PI. 1.)— A slender, erect, densely Cii-spitoso perenni.il 

 2 to 4 dm. high, with long, linear-lanceolate, erect leaves and 

 simple, open panicles 5 to 8 cm. long. Spikelets (a. h)2to 2..". mm. 

 long, obovat(>, obtuse, with the T-nervcd second and third glumes 

 glabrous or sparingly pilose.— New England southward to Vir- 

 ginia and westward to Texas. To be compared with I', feiine 

 iluhl. 



