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Fig. 282. PANICUIiARIA ELONGATA (Torr.) Kuntze, Rev. Geii. PI. 2 : 783. 

 1891. {Poa elongata Torr. Fl. U. S. 1 : 112. 1824; Glyceria elovgata Trin. Gram. 

 Suppl. 58. 1836.)-Aii erect perennial 6-9 dm. (2°-3°) high, with flat leaf-blades 

 and narrow, rather densely flowered panicles 8-30 cm. (3'-12') long. Sheaths 

 smooth, closed nearly to the summit; ligule very short; leaf-blades 15-30 cm. 

 (6'-12' ) long. 4-6 mm. (2"-3" ) wide, smooth beneath, very scabrous on the upper 

 " surface. Sp'ikelets (a) 3 to 4 flowered, about 4 mm. (2") long; empty glumes 

 acute, the second larger than the first and nearly equaling the first flowering 

 glume; flowering glumes (b) broadly ovate, about 2 mm. (1") long, distinctly 

 7-nerved.-In rich, wet woods, Newfoundland and New Brunswick to North 

 Carolina, west to Quebec, Minnesota, and Kentucky. July to September. 



