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Fig. 3b8. Panicum claiidestinum Liuu. Sp. PI. 58.— A stout, 

 erect or asceudiug perennial, finally branching above, 8 to 12 dm. 

 liigb, with broad leaves and terminal, dift'usc panicles 8 to 13 cm. 

 lon.u-. Spikelets (a, h, d) oblong, smooth or finely pilose, 3 mm. 

 long. The jjanicb-s on the branches arc for the jiiost part inchulcd 

 within the uppermost sheaths.— Low thickets, Quebec to Michi- 

 gan, and southward to Georgia and Texas. May-September. 



