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Fig. 48. PANICXJM MELICARIXJM Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 50. ISOo. ( P. hians 

 Ell. Sk. Bot. S. C. and Ga. 1 : 118. 1817. ) A smooth, slender, iisually erect pale- 

 green perennial 2-5 dm. (8'-20') high, with narrow, flat leaves and simple, open 

 panicles 6-15 cm. (2i'-6') long. Leaves 7-20 cm. (3'-8') long, 2-6 mm. (l"-3") 

 wide, usually pilose near the base, margins minutely scabrous, apex very acute. 

 Spikelets {a,b,c) smooth, about 2 mjn. (1") long, the first glume 3-nerved, the 

 second and third 5-nerved; palea of the third glume inflated, rigid as long as 

 the glume and apiculate; fourth glume narrowly-ovate, apiculate. The flower- 

 ing glume is shown by (d, e).— Moist pine barrens and marshes, North Carolina 

 to Florida, Missouri, Indian Territory, and Texas. March to October. 



Of no recognized agricultural value. 



