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Fig. 367. Panicum pubescens Lam. Encycl., 4 : 748. 1797. 

 Scribu. Grasses of Tennessee, 2: 52, fig. 58, 1894. (P. villosum Ell.). 

 A slender, erect, and finally much-branched perennial 1.5 to 5 dm. 

 high, with flat, ascending, and rather firm, narrowly lanceolate, 

 pubescent leaves 5 to 10 cm. long, and diffuse, ovati', or pyramidal 

 panicles bearing obovate spikelets (a, 6, c) which are 2 mm. in 

 length. — Dry soil, usually in open woodlands, from New Jersey to 

 South Dakota and south wai d to the Gulf. May-September. 



