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Fig. 570. Panicularia obtusa (Muhl.) Kuntze (Poa obtusa Muhl. 

 Gram. 147. 1817.) Densely flowered Manna-grass.— A stout, 

 erect, glabrous grass 3 to 9 din. high, with rather broad, flat 

 leaves, and contracted, many-flowered panicles 6 to 18 cm. long. 

 Spikelets 3- to 7-flowered, 4 to 6 mm. long, with broad, obtuse 

 flowering glumes (b) about 3 mm. long. — Wet, swampy places, 

 New Brunswick to New York and Pennsylvania, south to Virginia 

 and North Carolina. July-October. 



