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Fig. 3. Erianthus compactus Nash in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 

 22 : 419; Brittou and Brown, 111. Fl., 1 : 99. Densely flowered 

 Plume-grass. — A stout, erect perennial 12 to 24 dm. high, with 

 long, narrow leaves and densely flowered, oblong, brownish or red- 

 dish panicles 10 to 15 cm. long, the branches spreading in anthes is. — 

 Meadows and swamps, mostly near the coast ; New Jersey to Vir- 

 ginia and Tennessee. August-October. 



