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Fig. 397. Panicum leibergii Scribu. U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. 

 Agros. Bull. 8 : 6. pi. 3. {P. scopariuiii leiheryli Vasey, Coutr 

 U. S. Nat. Herb., 3 :31.) — A slender, erect, or ascending perennial 

 grass, 3-6 dm. high, Avith rather broad, tlat leave.s and few-tlowered 

 panicles of comparatively large, obtuse spikelets (a, h, <:■) 3 to 4 

 mm. long, the outer glumes papillate-pilose with stiff, spreadiu« 

 hairs. — Iowa, Mimiesuta, the Daliotas, and Missouri. May-July. 



