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Fig. 46. PANICTJM STENODES Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 547. 1864 (P. ancfps 

 8endMTOChapm.Fl.So.r.S.573. 1860.) SMALL-JOINTED PANIC-GRASS.— A 

 slender, erect, glabrous perennial, with wiry stems .5-8 dm. (20'-.30') high, rigid, 

 involute leaves, and narrow, simple panicles 4-8 cm. (li'-3') long. Spikelets 

 (1,2) about 2 mm. (V ) long, lanceolate, acute: tirst glume one-half as long as 

 the spikelet, the second and third glumes 5-nerved, acute, a little longer than 

 the obtuse fourth glume (5).— Moist, sandy pine barrens near the coast, Florida 

 to Texas. (Cuba and Santo Domingo.) July to October. 



