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Fig. 390. Panicum angustifolium Ell. Bot. 8. Car. S. Ga. 1: 12P. 

 1817. A rather slender but rij,nd, erect, more or less pubescent 

 perennial, 3 to G dm. high, at first simple, finally much branched 

 throughout. Leaves of the primary stems erect, 8 to 15 cm. long 

 and 4 to 6 mm. Tvide; those of the wiry branches shorter and much 

 narrower. Panicles 7 to 10 cm. long, spreading, and rather loosely 

 flowered. Spikelets (, h, c) 3 mm. long, oblong, obtuse; outer 

 glumes finely pubescent. Dry soil, North Cartdina to Florida and 

 westward to Missouri and Texas. March-October. 



