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Fig. 3. Erianthus compactus Nash in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 

 22 : 119; Britton and Brown, 111. Fl., 1 : 99. DENSELY FLOWEUED 

 Plume-grass. A stout, erect perennial 12 to 24 dm. high, with 

 long, narrow leaves and densely flowered, oblong, brownish or red- 

 dish paniclesl0tol5cm.long, the branches spreading in anthesis. 

 -Meadows and swamps, mostly near the coast; New Jersey to Vir- 

 ginia and Tennessee. August-October. 



