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Fic. 310. Panicuna platyphyllum Munro, ex Wrij^ht iii >Snuv. 

 Fl. Cub. 197, without ilcscription; Vasey in Contril). U. S. Natl. 

 ITerl)., 3 : 27. Flat-lkafki> Panic-grass. A inuch-branclied, 

 asceucling, leafy perennial, rooting at the lower joints; iiowerini^ 

 stems 3 to 5 dm. hioli. S])ik(>lots (rt, /), c) broadly ovate, oblong, 

 r)btiise, about 1 mm. bmg, arranged in slender, spike-like racemes, 

 wliicli arc apjiroximato near the apex of the eulm or its branches. 

 l-ow groinxls. Texas, [f'nba.] .Tune. .Inly. 



