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Fig. 378. Panicum laxiflorum Lam. Encycl. 4 : 748. 1797. 

 A sleutler, densely tufted pereuuial about 3 dui. liigli, Avith rather 

 long, pale-green, soft leaves aud loosely few-liowered panicles 4 to 

 6 cui. long. Sheaths papillate-pilose with spreading or detlexed 

 hairs. Spikelets (a, h, c) ovate-elliptical, ohtuse, about 2 mm. 

 long. Second and third glumes pubescent. Dry or moist, open 

 woodlands, Yiro;inia to Florida aud westward to Tennessee and 

 Louisiana. March-October. 



