354 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
P. pauciflorum Gray, Man. 613. 1848. Not Ell. 1817, 
Britt. and Brown, Il. Fl. 1: 118. 
Culm erect, from 8 to 20 inches high, sparingly pubescent; sheaths papillose- 
pilose; leaves acuminate, rounded or truncate at the base, smooth above, glabrous 
beneath, spreading; panicle small, spreading, and, like the spikelets, glabrous or 
hairy; spikelets turgid, obovoid, about 14 lines long. 
In our specimens the panicle and spikelets are hairy. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Maine, Ontario, and Minnesota, south to Vir- 
ginia and Tennessee, west to Kansas and Arizona. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region, Grassy banks. Cullman County. June; rare, 
Type locality: ‘ Middle Tennessee (Gattinger).”’ 
Herb, Geol. Surv. 
Panicum oligosanthes Schult. Mant. 2: 256, 1824, 
Panicum pauciforum EM. Sk.1:120. 1817. Not R. Br. 1811. 
P. scoparium pauciflorum (E1L.) Seribner, Grass. Tenn. 2:48, 6.12, f. de. 1894. 
Chap. F1. 575. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Illinois, South Carolina to Florida 
and Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast Pine belt. Thickets, shady borders of woods 
in light soil. Lee County, Auburn (Saker §° Farle). Washington County, Yellow- 
pine. Mobile and Baldwin counties. May, June; not rare. 
Type locality: ‘Grows in close damp soils, In Georgia, not very rare.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Panicum viscidum E]l.8k.1:123. 1817. Viscrp PANIC GRASS, 
Panicum scoparium Michx. Fl. Bor, Am. 1: 49. 1805. Not Lam. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 682, Chap. F1. 575. Vasey, Contr. Nat. Herb. 3:32. Coulter, 
Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:507. Scribner, Grass, Tenn. 2: 46, ¢. 77, f. 44. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey to Florida, west to Texas, south- 
ern Missouri, and Tennessee. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region, Metamorphic hills, Central Pine belt to Coast plain. 
Damp thickets, borders of woods. Lee County, Auburn (Laker §° Karle). Tusca- 
loosa County (i. A. Smith). Washington County, Yellowpine. Mobile and Baldwin 
counties, July to August; not common; perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Grows in damp close soils [South Carolina and Georgia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Panicum scabriusculum Ell. Sk.1:121. 1817. 
Chap. Fl. 576. Vasey, Contr. Nat. Herb. 3:33, Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 
2: 507. 
Louisianian area. Southeastern North Carolina, Mississippi, and castern ‘Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Shaded borders of ditches and ponds. Mobile County, 
Ragg’s swamp, foot of Springhill. Baldwin County, Bayou Ingram, April, May; 
infrequent; perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Sent to me from Savannah by Dr. Baldwin.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
Panicum commutatum Schult. Mant. 2:242. 1824, VARIABLE PANICUM, 
Panicum nervosum Muhl. Gram. 116. 1817. Not Lam. 
Ell. Sk.1:122. Gray, Man. ed. 6,682. Chap. Fl. ed. 3,584. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 
Herb. 2:507. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2:49, t. 15, f..50. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario, New England, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and 
Tennessee to Florida, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri. 
ALABAMA: Over the State in shady woods; common. April, May. Pereunial. 
Type locality not distinctly given. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Panicum mattamusketense Ashe, Journ. Elisha Mitch. Soc. 15:45, 189%, 
An erect, rather stout perennial, the strict culm 2 tod feet high, barbed at the 
nodes; lower leaves and sheaths soft-pubescent, the upper glabrous; leaves lanceo- 
late, 3 to 5 inches long, 3 to 4 lines wide, spreading; panicle 8 to 5 inches long, long- 
peduncled with numerous ¢lustered branches; spikelets ellipsoid, glabrous, pointed, 
fully 1 line long, first glume one-third the length of spikelet. 
Carolinian (?) and Louisianian areas. North Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt, Shaded damp to wet places, margin of springs. Tus- 
‘aloosa County (Dr. £, A. Smith). Buekley, locality not given. Our plants differ 
from the typical material only in the smooth nodes and somewhat shorter leaves. 
Type locality: ‘* Lake Mattamuskeet, North Carolina.” (IV,W. Ashe, June, 1898.) 
Hlerb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
