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Fig. 353. PANICUM DIVARI Linn. Ameen. : 902. 1759. 
(P. latifolium Linn, Sp. Pl. in part, reference to Solane's Lene e y.) SMALL 
CANE.—A coarse, wood boo-like perennial 18-24 dm. (6°-8°) high, reclin- 
Leav: 
long, 4-12 mm. (26% wide, deciduous from the persistent sheaths. Panicles 
Aen ee. Spikelets (a, b) swollen, about 4mm. (2”) long; lower 
third 
ume triangular-ovate, one-third as long as the spikelet; second an nd thi 
ho 9- to 11- 5 AMT of the osok glume (d) pubescent. Anterior 
view of the third glume and its palea is shown by c.—Dry woods and thick- 
, Southern Florida. (West est Indies, Mexico, and tropical America.) March 
mber., 
