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Fig. 61. PANICUM NASHIANUM Scribn. U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Agros. Bul. 7: 

 l^Jil.ei. 1897. NASH'S PANIC-GRASS.-A slender, and finally much-branched, 

 leafy perennial 1-3.5 dm. (4'-15') high, with flat and rather short, rigid leaves^ 

 which are ciliate on the margins toward the base and open pyramidal panicles* 

 the flexuose branches widely spreading or reflexed. Spikelets (a, b) 2 mm. (1") 

 long, obovate, obtuse; outer glumes glabrous, the first about one-third as long as 

 the third, which has a small palea (e); fruiting glume {d) broadly oval, obtuse. 

 (4029 Curtiss, 1893, and 466 Nash. 1894.) Allied to Panicum demissum Trin.— Low 

 pine barrens, often in moist ground, near the coast, Virginia to Florida and 

 Mississippi. March to October. 



