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Torr. Bot. Club, 94: 145. 
Fic. 382. t E CILIIFERUM sh, Bul peren- 
1897.—A densely cæspitose, erect, or finally much-branched pubescent p Bes 
nial 2-8 dm - (8-8) high, d broadly midi few-flowered panicles t 
(3,4 long. Nodes bearded, with a glabrous ring immediately below; abo 
papillate-hirsute; ligule a dense ring of hairs; leaf- abrous poisi 
rough bescent beneath, th i Spikelets (a, b) 3 
2.5 mm. (1277) long, the 9-nerved seco d third glumes 
the third with a palea.—High que lands, Florida. March to wir må 1 
Closely related to P. malacon Nash, distinguished by = bee a illustration shorter. 
leaves, more open panicles, and ee shaped sp! oe 
is drawn from the type collected by Geo. V. Nash in poema 
