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Fig. 362. Panicum sphagnicolum Niish, Bull. Torr. Bot. Chil), 

 22 : 422. ISl)."). A very sli-ndLT, aseeudiug or reclining perennial, 

 4 to 10 dm. liigh, at first siuiplf, linally becoming much branched, 

 with spreading, smooth leaves 4 to 8 cm. long, and small spread- 

 ing panicles 4 to 5 cm. long. Spikelets (a, h, c) 2.5 to 3 mm. long, 

 -ivith the second and third glumes minutely pubescent, at least 

 near the apex. Low, boggy places, chiefly in thickets and stag- 

 nant swamps, Florida. .Tune-( )ctol)er. 



