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Fig. 508. Panicularia acutiflora (Ton.) Kiiutze. {ahjcerla 

 acutijlora Ton: I'l. C. S. 1 : 104. 1821. ) Acutk-flowered Manna- 

 grass. — A rather slender, glabroua perennial 3 to G dm. liigli, with 

 ilat leaves and narrow, simple panicles 15 to 30 cm. long. Spike- 

 lets (fl) narrow, 21 to 42 nnn. long, 5- to 12-llowered ; empty glumes 

 unequal, acnte; flowering glumes scabrous, acute, about 8 ram. 

 long, exceeded by the long-acnminato paleas. — Wet soil auc> in 

 shallow water, Maine to Ohio, and southward to New Jersey and 

 Tennessee. May, Juno. 



