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Fig. 266. Uniola laxa(L.) B. S. P. ; Brit ton and Brown, III. Fl., 

 1: 197 ( U. gracilis Michx.). — A slender grass 6 to 9 dm. high, with 

 long, narrow leaf-blades, and a contracted, wand-like, nodding 

 panicle 15 to 45 cm. long. — In dry soil, open woods, and banks, 

 Long Island to Florida, west to Kentucky, Tennessee, and Texas. 

 June-October. 



