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Fig. 372. Panicum atlanticum Nash, Bull. Toir. Bot. Club, 

 24: 346. 1897. A slender, erect, iiuicli-brancbeil perenuial 3 to 

 5 dm. bigh, witb tbe eiilm, slieatbs, aiul erect, liuear-lauceolate 

 leaves, jtapillate-pilose witb long, wbite, spreading bairs. Pan- 

 icle 4 to (5.5 <m. long. Spikelets obovate, obtuse, about 2 mm. 

 long, tbe 9-nerved second and tbird glumes densely pubescent 

 witb short, spreading bairs. In open woods, Maine to Virginia. 



