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Fig. 350. Panicumcapi Hare Linn. Sp. PI. 86. Old Witch-grass 

 or Fool Hay. — An annual with usually coarse, branching stems 

 3 to 9 din. high, hairy or hirsute sheaths, and widely spread- 

 ing capillary panicles 6 to 24 cm. long. Spikelets (a, b, c) acute, 

 smooth, about 2 mm. long. — A. weed in cultivated fields, specially 

 in sandy soils. Maine and Nova Scotia to British Columbia, 

 southward to Florida and Texas. [Europe.] July-October. 



