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The Grasses of Illinois 



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usually more than 1.5 cm. wide. The ligules are never over 1 mm. loiij^. 

 The spikelets are from 2.5 to 4.5 mm. long, short pubescent. 'V\u: 

 species are all found in shady places. 



Fig. 91. — P. hoscii, leaf and panicle 



Panicum boscii Poir. 



(Figs. 91 and 93) 



Hitchcock and Chase '10, 317. 



Vernal form with the culms in large clumps 1.5 to 2.5 feet tall, 

 usually smooth, very rarely pubescent; nodes retrorsely bearded; 



