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Fig. 383. Panicum manatense Nash, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 24 : 

 42. 1897. — A glabrous, much-branched perennial with diffusely 

 spreading cnlms 2 to 4 dm. long, nearly erect leaves 3.5 to 9 cm. 

 long, and ovate, rather few-flowered panicles 4 to 6 cm. long. 

 Spikelets (a, o, c) elliptical-oblong, pubescent, about 3.5 mm. 

 long, with distinct papillse between the nerves of the second 

 and third glumes. — Florida and (?) Georgia to Louisiana. 



Distinguished from P. commutation by its larger and more acute 

 spikelets. Very closely allied to P. joorii Vasey. 



