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Fig. 38G. Panicum viscidum Ell. Bot. S. Car. A: Ga., 1 : 123. 

 1817. {P. scojxvium ]Miclix.iiot Lam.). — A rathoi- stout, erect or 

 iscending. liually much brauched perennial, (! to ll' dm. lii'^li. 

 Leaves rather hroad, very acute, those on the primary stem V2 to 

 '25 cm. long. Panicle 10 to 15 cm. long, ovate or Mihpyramidal, 

 many-flowered. Spikelets (a, b, c) 2 mm. long, rounded-obovate, 

 the whole plant, or at least the culm and sheaths denselj' ])ul)e8- 

 cent with soft, si)reading hairs, and all parts somewhat viscid 

 when fiesh. — Low ground, borders of thickets, etc., from \ew 

 Jersey and Delaware southward to llorida and westward to 

 Indiana and Texas. .June-October. 



