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Fig. 398. Panicum ovale Ell. St. Bot. S. Car. & Ga. 1 : 123. 

 1817. A rather stout, erect, and fiually mucb-brauched perennial 

 Avitb villous sbeatbs and loaves (later becominjj smootb) and ovate 

 pauifles 5 to 6 cm. long. Spikelets {a, h, c) obovate or oval, 

 2.5-3 mm. long, the second and third glumes i>ubescent. Leaves 

 of the culm erect, 6 to 12 cm. long and 4 to 7 mm. Avide. South 

 Carolina to Florida. 



