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Fig. 383. Panicuna manateiise Nasli, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 24 : 

 42. 1897. A glabrous, niucb-branclied perennial with ditiuscly 

 spreadiug culms 2 to 4 dm. long, nearly erect leaves 3.5 to 9 cm. 

 long, and ovate, ratlicr few- flowered panicles 4 to 6 cm. long. 

 Spikelcts (a, b. c) clliptical-oldong, pubescent, about 3..") mm. 

 long, w itli distinct papilbe between tbo ncsrves of the second 

 and third glumes. Florida and ( ?) Georgia to Louisiana. 



Distinguished from /'. commulutinn by its larger and more acute 

 .spikelcts. Very closely allied to P.Joorii Vascy. 



