PANICUM ash, Bul. Torr. Bot. Club, 24: 197. 1897.— 
z rather rigid, erect, and finally much- e perenni nial 4-6 dm. (16'-24') 
igh, with bearded iry sheaths and stems, firm, erect leaves 3-10 cm. 
(1-4) long, and open few-flowered ‘panicles er em. 4) long. s a 
fringe of short Spikelets (a, b) obovate, obtuse, pu bescent, 3-3.5 mm. 
(1¥"-12”) long. The first glume 
spikelet; second and third glumes 9-nerved, densely pubescent; the third (c) 
with a thin palea. Whole plant _— t. with white, ascending hairs.—High 
pine lands of southern Florida. May 
