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Fig. 391. Pauicum wilcoxianuni Vasey, U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. 

 Bot., Bull. 8 : 32. 1889. — A rather slender, very bairy, aud fiually 

 much-branched x)erennial 2 to 2.5 dm. high, -with erect, acnte 

 leaves, and small, spreading panicles 2 to 3 cm. long. Spike- 

 lets (a, b, c) oblong, obtuse, 3 mm. long, with pubescent outer 

 glumes. — Dry prairies, Kansas northward through Nebraska aud 

 South Dakota to Manitoba. .Tune-August. 



