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Fig. 393. Panicum scribnerianum Xasb, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 

 22 : 421. 1895. (P. scoijarium A. Gray in part, not Lam.). — An erect 

 and finally brandling perennial 1.5 to 6 dm. high, witli nsnally 

 papillate-pilose sheaths, more or less spreading, flat leaves, which 

 are smooth and scabrous beneath, and small, ovoid panicles 2 to 3 

 cm. long. Spikelets(rt. 6, c) obovoid, 3 mm. long, nearly glabrons. — 

 In dry or moist soils from Maine and Ontario westward to Wyo- 

 ming, and southward to Tennessee, Texas, and Arizona. May- 

 September. 



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