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Fig. 336. Anthenan ia rufa (Eli.) Schnltes, Mant. 2: 258. 

 {Aulaxanthus rufus Ell. Bot. : 103. Panicum rufum Knnth.) Eed- 

 haired Anthkxantia. — A slender, erect, glabrous and rather 

 rigid perennial 3 to 8 dm. high, from creeping rootstocks, with 

 narrow, green, or often rufous, rather loosely flowered panicle 8 

 to 15 cm. long. Spikelets (a) 3 mm. long, villous, with spreading 

 hairs on the outer glumes.— Moist, sandy soil, pine barrens, North 

 Carolina to Florida and westward to Texas. August-October. 



