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FiCx. 386. Panicum viscidum Ell. Bot. S. Car. A: Gca., 1 : 123. 

 1817. (P. scoparium Michx. not Lam.). A rather stout, erect or 

 Hsceniling, tinally much branched perennial, 6 to 12 dm. high. 

 Leaves rather broad, very acute, those on the primary stem 12 to 

 }o cm. long. Pauicle 10 to 15 cm. long, ovate or subpyramidal, 

 many-flowered. Spikelets {a, h, c) 2 mm. long, rounded-obovate, 

 the whole plant, or at least the culm and sheaths densely pubes- 

 cent with soft, spreading hairs, and all parts somewhat viscid 

 when fresh. Low ground, borders of thickets, etc., from New 

 Jersey and Delaware southward to Florida and westward to 

 Indiana and Texas. .lune-October. 



