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Fu;.350. PanicumcapillareLinn. Sp. PI. 86. OldWitch-gra.s.s 

 OK Fool Hay. An annual with usually coarse, branching stems 

 3 to 9 dm. high, hairy or hirsute sheaths, and widely spread- 

 ing capillary panicles 6 to 24 cm. long. Spikelets (a, b, c) acute, 

 smooth, about 2 mm. long. A weed in cultivated fields, sjieciaDy 

 in sandy soils. Maine and Nova Scotia to British Columbia, 

 southward to Florida and Texas. [Europe.] July-October. 



