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Fig. 570. Panicularia obtusa (Mubl.) Kuiitze (Poaohtnsa Muiil. 

 Gram. 147. 1817.) Dknsely ilowkkkd Manna-ckass. A stout, 

 erect, glabrous grass 3 to 9 dm. liigb, with rather broad, tiat 

 leaves, and rnutractcd, many-llowered i)anic]es 6 to 18 t-m. long. 

 Spikelets 3- to 7-llo\vcred, 4 to G mm. long, with broad, obtuse 

 flowering glumes (h) about 3 mm. long. Wet, swampy places, 

 New lirunswick to New York and Pennsylvania, south to Virginia 

 and North Carolina. July-October. 



