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Fig. 42. Panicum lanatum Rottb. (P. leucophwum HBK.); 

 Beal, Grasses N. Am., 2: 111. Cotton-uuass. A rather stout, 

 more or less branching leafy perennial 6 to 12 din. high, with 

 narrow, soft-hairy panicles. Cultivated ground, river banks, and 

 coral soil on keys, central and southern Florida; on ballast at 

 Mobile, Ala. [Widely distributed in tropical America; Australia; 

 Africa.] May-October. 



