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Fig. 362. Panicum sphagnicoluni Nash, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 

 22 : 422. 1895. — A very slender, ascending or reclining perennial, 

 4 to 10 dm. high, at first simple, finally becoming much branched, 

 with spreading, smooth leaves 4 to 8 cm. long, and small spread- 

 ing panicles 4 to 5 cm. long. Spikelets (a, b. c) 2.5 to 3 mm. long, 

 with the second and third glumes minutely pubescent, at least 

 near the apex. — Low-, boggy places, chiefly in thickets and stag- 

 nant swamps, Florida. June-October. 



