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Fig. 568. Panicularia acutiflora (Ton.) Kuntze. {Ghjceria 

 acidiflora Ton. Fl. U. S. 1 : 104. 1824.) Acute-flowered Maxna- 

 GRASS. A rather slender, glabrous perennial 3 to 6 dm. bigh, with 

 flat leaves and narrow, simple panicles 15 to 30 cm. long. Spike- 

 lets (rt) narrow, 24 to 42 mm. long, 5- to 12-flowered ; empty glumes 

 unequal, acute; flowering glumes scabrous, acute, about 8 mm. 

 long, exceeded by the long-acnminate paleas. Wet soil and iu 

 shallow water, Maine to Ohio, and southward to New Jersey and 

 Tennessee. May, June. 



