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Fig. 399. Panicum xanthophysum A. Gray, Ann. Lye. N. V. 3 : 

 233. 1835. A slender, or occiisioii.iUy rather stout, erect iiercn- 

 uial, 3 to 6 dm. high, sparingly br:inchiug near the base, with 

 broadly lauceolate leaves 6 to 15 cm. long, and simple, rather lew- 

 Howered, racemose panicles 3 to 8 cm. long, i^pikelets (a, h, c) 

 obovoid, obtuse, about 3 mm. long, the second and third glumes 

 ])Mbescent. Dry, sandy 8'>il, Maine to New .Jersey and westward 

 tu Minnesota and Manitolisu. June-September. 



