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Fig. 34. ERIOCHLOA MOIiLIS (Michx.) Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1: 30. 1835. 

 {Panicum vioUe Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 47. 1803.) SOFT WOOL-GRASS.— A 

 perennial 10-20 dm. (3°-7°) high, with long, flat leaves and open panicles of 

 numerous, more or less spreading racemes 4-8 cm. (li'-3') long; upper part of 

 the stem and rachis downy or pubescent. Spikelets(i) 4-5 mm. (2"-3") long, 

 acute, pubescent; third glume (i) inclo.sing a staminate flower. At 2 is shown 

 a dorsal view of the fourth glume, and the palea inclosing the pistil is 

 shown at 5.— Brackish marshes and shores. South Carolina to Florida. April to 

 September. 



