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Fici. 349. Panicum minus Nash, Jkill. Torr. Hot. Club, 22 : 421. 

 P. capiUare var minimuvi Sciibu. Bull. Tenn. Agr. Exp. Sta. 

 7: 44, (iy. 39). .Small Witcii-ghass. A slender annual, rarely 

 more than 3 dm. liigli, with long-pilose eheath.s, narrow, Hat 

 leaves :in<l oval or pyramidal, fcw-llowen-d i)anicle8 8 to 1(5 cm. 

 long. Spikelets (a, i, c) alioiit \.r> mm. long. Dry, open wood- 

 lands ami thi<'k('tM, Xi^w ihiin.swick southward to (Jeorgia and 

 westward to Wisconsin and Ahihama. August, September. 



