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Fig. 50. PANICTJM FILIPES Scribn. in Heller, Contr. Herb. Frankl. and 

 Marsh Col 1 : 13 1895.— A slender, more or less branching and leafy, 

 glaucous annual (?) 3-7 dm. (12'-28') high, with rather long, flat leaves and 

 diffuse, capillary panicles 15-30 cm. (6'-12') long. Spikelets (a, b) ovate, acute, 

 2 5 mm (1^") long, the second and third glumes much exceeding the obtuse 

 fourth glume (d). Related to Panicum halUL-Dry grounds, western Texas 

 and (?) Mexico. May to July. 



Probably of little agricultural value. 



