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Fig. 399. Panicum xauthophysum A. Gray, Ann. Lye. X. Y. 3 : 

 233. 1835. — A slender, or occasionally rather stout, erect peren- 

 nial, 3 to 6 dm. high, sparingly branching near the base, with 

 liroadly lanceohitc leaves 6 to 15 cm. long, and simple, rather I'ew- 

 Howered, racemose panicles 3 to 8 cm. long. Spikelets {a, h, c) 

 obovoid, obtuse, about 3 mm. long, the second and third glumes 

 pubescent. — Dry, sandy soil, Maine to New Jersey and westward 

 to Minnesota and Manitoba. June-September. 



