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Fig. 380. Panicum polycaulon Nash, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club. 

 24: 200. 1897. — A low. pale green, densely c;espitose perennial 



1 to 2 dm. high, with erect or ascending, oblong-lanceolate leaves 



2 to 7 cm. long and ciliate on the margins, and ovate panicles 2 to 



3 cm. long. Spikelets (a, 6) about 1.5 mm. long, obovate, obtuse, 

 the 7-nerved second and third glumes glabrous. — Florida. 



This is separated from the closely allied P. ciliatifoliutn Kunth 

 by its narrower leaves, more slender culms, and smaller, glabrous 

 spikelets. 



