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Fig. 339. Panicum sanguinale Linn. 8p. PI. 84. 17.53. (/>iV/i- 

 taria sangninaUis Seop. ; Syntheiiama praco.r Walt. ) Ckah-grass. 

 A iiiuch-braucheil, leidv nimnal, more or les.s dccuiiibent and root- 

 ing :it tlie lower nodes. Stems 3 to i) or IL' dm. lonj;', nodes and 

 Hln-aths usually hairy. Spikelets 2J> to :5 mm. Imii;-, in digitate or 

 eiibl'ascieulate racemes, which are 5 to 18 cm. long. A weed in 

 (nltivated (ields and lawns. CWarmer tem])eratc regions of hotii 

 hemispheres.] .June-Septend)er. 



