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17. Panicum diffusum Swartz, Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 23. 1788. 
Banks, open slopes, and savannas throughout the West Indies. Originally 
described from Jamaica or Hispaniola. 
18. Panicum ghiesbreghtii Fourn. Mex. Pl. 2: 29. 1886. 
Low moist ground, Mexico to South America and throughout the West Indies, 
though no specimens are reported from Hispaniola. 
19. Panicum hirsutum Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ, 1: 173. 1797. 
Open moist ground, Cuba, Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Trinidad, 
and from central Mexico to South America. Originally described from Jamaica. 
20. Panicum maximum Jacq. Coll, Bot. 1: 76. 1786. GUINEA GRASS. 
Open ground, at low altitudes, escaped from cultivation, southern Florida, 
through Mexico and the West Indies to South America; a native of Africa and 
now widespread in the warmer parts of the Old World. An important forage 
grass throughout the Tropics of the world at low altitudes. Used for pasture, 
or cut and fed green. In Cuba called “hierba Guinea.” Originally described 
from Guadeloupe. 
21. Panicum repens L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2. 1: 87. 1762. 
Sea beaches, warmer regions of both hemispheres; in America from Alabama 
to Brazil. In the West Indies known only from Cuba. Originally described 
from the Old World. 
22. Panicum virgatum cubense Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub. 233. 1866. 
Pine woods, Atlantic Coastal Plain, Bermuda, and Cuba. Originally de- 
scribed from Cuba. 
23. Panicum altum Hitche. & Chase, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 17: 488. f. 57. 
1915. 
Sandy marshes or flats near the seacoast, British Honduras to Trinidad and 
Tobago. Originally described from Panama. 
24, Panicum amarulum Hitche. & Chase, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 15: 96. f. 87. 
1910. 
Sandy seashores and coast dunes, southeastern United States, Bahamas, and 
Cuba. Originally described from Virginia. 
25. Panicum tenerum Beyr. in Trin. Mém. Acad, St. Pétersb. VI. Sci. Nat. 1: 
341. 1834. 
Margins of sandy swamps and ponds and in wet places in sandy woods, 
southeastern United States, Cuba, and Porto Rico. Originally described from 
Georgia. 
26. Panicum stenodoides Hubbard, Proc. Amer. Acad. 49: 497. 1913. 
Open grass land and moist savannas, Central America, Trinidad, and 
northern South America. Originally described from British Honduras. 
27. Panicum caricoides Nees; Trin. Gram. Pan. 149. 1826. 
Wet savannas, Trinidad to Brazil; also the Isle of Pines. Originally de- 
scribed from Brazil. 
28. Panicum stenodes Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 547. 1864. 
Borders of ponds and wet savannas, Greater Antilles and Costa Rica to 
Brazil. Originally described from Jamaica. 
29. Panicum condensum Wash in Small, Fl. Southeast. U. S. 93. 1908. 
Swamps and borders of ponds and streams, southeastern United States, south 
into Mexico, and in the West Indies in the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, and 
Porto Rico, Originally described from Florida. 
