MANUAL OF THE GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES 



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Figuee 1061. — Panicum havardii. Two views of spikelet, and floret, X 10. (Type.) 



153. Panicum amarum Ell. (Fig. the branches appressed; spikelets 5 



1062.) Glaucous and glabrous through- to 6.5 mm. long, acuminate. % — 



out; culms solitary from extensively Sandy seashores and coast dunes ? 



creeping rhizomes, 30 to 100 cm. tall; Connecticut to Georgia; southern 



blades thick, 10 to 30 cm. long, 5 Mississippi; Texas, 

 to 12 mm. wide, flat, involute toward 154. Panicum amarulum Hitchc. 



the tip, the margins smooth; panicle and Chase. (Fig. 1063.) Culms as 



one-fourth to one-third the height of much as 1 cm. thick, in large bunches 



the plant, not more than 3 cm. wide, as much as 1 m. across, 1 to 2 m. 



Figuee 1062. — Panicum ama- 

 rum. Two views of spikelet. 

 and floret, X 10. (Vasey, Va.) 



