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Fig. 58. PANICUM BOREALE Nash. Bui. Torr. Bot. Club, 22: 421. 1895. 

 NORTHERN PANIC-GRA.'^S.— An erect, finally branching perennial 3-6 dm. 

 (l'-2'j high, with lanceolate, pale-green, glabrous leaves and open, spreading 

 panicles 4-8 cm. (li"-3|") long. Nodes with a few scattered hairs. Ligule a 

 short fringe of hairs. Spikelets (o, 6, c, d) elliptical, oblong, obtuse, about 

 2.5 mm. (li") long, with the second and third glumes pmbescent: flowering 

 glume (e) smooth and shining, obtuse.— Damp soil, Newfoundland and Ontario 

 to Maine, Connecticut, New York, and Minnesota. June to August. 



