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Fig. 340. Panicum platyphyllum Munro, ex Wright in Sauv. 

 Fl. Cub. 197, without description; Vasey in Contrib. U. S. Natl. 

 Herb., 3 : 27. Flat-lkafkd Panic-grass. — A much-branched, 

 ascending, leafy perennial, rooting at the lower joints; dowering 

 stems 3 to 5 dm. high. Spikelets (a, h, c) broadly ovate, oblong, 

 obtuse, about 4 mm. long, arranged in slender, spike-like racemes, 

 which are approximate near the apex of the culm or its branches. — 

 Low grounds, Texas. [Cuba.] June, July. 



