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Fic. 3t)7. Panicuni pubescens Lam. EncycL, 4 : 718. 1797. 

 Scribii. Grasses of Tennessee, 2: 52, fijj. 58, 1894. (/'. villosum Ell.). 

 A slender, ereet, and dually niiicli-l)ranched perennial 1.5 lo 5 dm. 

 bigli, with llat, ascendiiiji, and ratlier firm, narrowly lanceolate, 

 pubescent leaves 5 to 10 (in. lolll,^ anddirt'nse, ovate, or pyramidal 

 jiaiiielcs bearinj^ olioxate .spikelets (a, h, r) wliicb are 2 mm. in 

 leuytb. Diy soil, usually in open woodlands, from Now .lersey to 

 South Dakota and south waid to the (Jul I'. JIay-September. 



