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Fig. 3yu. Panicum angustifolium Kll. Bot. S. Cur. A: <i.a. 1: V29. 

 1817. — A rather slender but rij^id, erect, more or less pubescent 

 perennial, 3 to dm. high, at first simjile, finally much branched 

 throughout. Leaves of the primary stems erect, 8 to 1.") cm. long 

 and 1 loC mm. wide; those of the wiry branches shorter and much 

 narrower. Panicles 7 to in cui. long, si)reading, and rather loosely 

 floweroil. Spikcjcts (a, h, v) 3 mm. long, obloTig, obtuse; outer 

 glumes finely ])ub(!sc{'nt. — Dry soil, North Carolina to Florida and 

 westward to Missouri and Texas. March-October. 



