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Fig. 341. Panicuni prostratum Linn., Sp. PI. 87; Chapm. Fl. 

 S. States, Suppl. 666. Low Panic-grass. — A slender, creeping, 

 and much-branched perennial, with short, ciliate leaves and 

 terminal panicles composed of 5 to 10 simple racemes. Spikelets 

 (a, b, c) ovate-oblong, glabrous, about 2 mm. long. — Moist or wet 

 grounds, New Jersey (ballast), Alabama to Florida, and west- 

 ward to Louisiana and eastern Texas. [Tropical countries of 

 both hemispheres.] September. 



