Fig. 3. ERIANTHTJS COMP ACTUS Nash, Bul. Torr. Bot. Club, 22 : 419. 

 1895. DENSELY FLOWERED PLUME-GRASS.— A stout, erect perennial 12-24 

 dm. (4°-80) high, with long, narrow leaves 15-60 cm. (^°-2°) long and densely 

 flowered, oblong, brownish or reddish panicles 10-15 cm. (4'-6') long, the 

 branches spreading in anthesis. Spikelets (a) about 5 mm. (2^") long, nearly 

 equaling the basal hairs; the first and second glumes (b, c) with long hairs on 

 the back; third glume (rf) thin, glabrous; flowering glume awned from the 

 apex {€). Lodicules (/) ciliate.— Meadows and swamps, mostly near the coast; 

 New Jersey to Virginia and Tennessee. August to October. 



