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Fio. 396. Panicum latifolium Linn. Sp. PI. Ed. 1. 58. 175o, 

 exclnding relereuce to Sloauc i /'. u-dlieri Poir. ; P. porierianmn 

 Nash.). A I'iitlier slender, braucbln.i;- perennial 3 to (5 dm. liis'li, 

 with lnoad, ovate-lanceolate leaves, and tevr-tlowered. nearly 

 simple panicles, .'^pikelets (a. 6, c) ovate-elliptical or pear-shaped, 

 obtuse, about 4 mm. Ions, filter glumes shortly pubescent. Com- 

 mon in open woodlands and thickets, Maine and Ontario to Min- 

 nesota, and southward to Florida and Texas. May-October. 



