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Fig. 366. Panicum dichotomum Liim. Sp. PL 58. — A slender, 

 smooth, and finally much branched above, somewhat wiry peren- 

 nial, 2 to 6 dm. high, with pale-green, spreading leaves 4 to 8 cm. 

 long, and open panicles. Lateral panicles small and few-dowered. 

 Spikelets (a, b, e) oblong-elliptical, nearly 2 mm. long, glabrous. 

 The later growth of this species has the aspect of a little tree. — 

 Dry thickets and open woodlands, New York to Nebraska and 

 southward to the Gulf of Mexico. May-October. 



