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FlG. 42. Panicum lanatuni Rottb. (P. leucophceum HBK.); 

 Heal, (irasses N. Am., 2: 111. Cotton oka ss. — A rather stout, 

 more or less branching leafy perennial b" to 12 dm. high, with 

 narrow, soft-hairy panicles. — Cultivated ground, river banks, and 

 coral soil on keys, central and southern Florida; on ballast at 

 Mobile, Ala. [Widely distributed in tropical America; Australia; 

 Africa.] May-October. 



