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5. P. fasciculatum Swartz. Stem ereet or spreading from a decumbent base, 
30-100 cm. tall: leaf-sheaths E or papillose-hispid: blades 6—20 mm 
o cm. long, the 
de, glabrous: panicle 5—1 d branches race p along the main 
axis, solitary or clustered, 5-10 cm. long, spreading, S aides short- 
pedieelled (panieles smalle more compact, the bran ne appressed: leaf- 
ades ent: spikelets 2.5-3 mm. long, in P Pug us 
reticulatu x. to s ; introd. into —(Menz., C. A., S. A.)) : spikelets 
mostly brownish, usua mm. long, glabrous. Loe Swartz ]— 
Hammocks, fields, and gom -places, S Fla. and S Tex.—(W. I., Mex., C. A 
S. A.) 
6. P. reptans L. Stem prostrate or decumbent at base, rooting at the lower 
nodes, the ascending m 10-30 cm. tall: leaves glabrous, the blades ciliate 
at base: panicle 2-6.cm. long, the 3-12 spike-like branches ascending or spread- 
ing: first glume truncate , about = -sixth the length of the spikelet. i pros 
iratum o a —Fields and mois open ground, Coastal Plain, Fla. to 
—(W. I., Mes., C. A., S. 4.) 
P. adspersum. Trin. Stem i end or spreading from a deeumbent base, 
30-100 em. tall: leaf-blades 6-20 cm. wide: panicle 6-15 cm. long, the few 
ascending spike-like racemes 3-10 ec lu SER. ts pale, 3.5b-4 mm. os 
abruptly acuminate, more or less hispid. —Moist open ground, Fla.— (W. I.)— 
A ie form is P. keyense Mez 
exanum Buckl Stem stout, 50-150 em. tall, branching at bas 
d 
pubescent: panicle 8-20 em. long, 1-3 em. wide, the axis densely pubescent: 
a ped fusiform, pointed, pilose. Prairies and open ground, Coastal Plain, 
Tex. and Okla., introd. in Ariz., and eastward to Fla. and N. C.—(Mez.) 
9. P. rx Seribn. & edd Stem erect, as much as 200 em. tall: leaf- 
blades 1 . long, 5-13 mm. wide: glabrous or nearly so: panicle large, 
loosely spreading 15-60 cm. T spikelets short-pediceled, appressed, about 
2.5 mm. long.—(WITCH-GRASS.)—-Low grounds, marshes, and prairies, Fla. 
— (W. I.) 
10. P. dichotomiflorum P Stem much-branched, aes from a genic 
late base, usually 50-100 em. tall, som qs as much a he plant DID 
aded s throughout: leaf- bl ades 3-20 nim. wide: panicles ids nd mpi 
0—40 cm. long: spikelets short- edieeled pies the main. branches, usu 
adm ong. [P. proliferum (Fl. SE. U. S.) ]—Low unds, fi elds, roadsides, 
and waste- icd various aes Fla. to Tex., Calif, Nebr., and M 
(W. I.) 
11. P. miliaceum L. Stem as much as 100 em. tall, rather stout: leaf-blades 
mostly pilose, as much as 30 em. long and 2 em. wide: panicle 10-30 em. long, 
usually rather compact, the numerous branches narrowly ascending, spikelet- 
bearing toward the summit.—Roadsides, waste-places, and cult. grounds, occa- 
sional throughout the U. S., rare S—Cul t. as Proso. HoG-MILLET. BROOM-CORN 
LET. Nat. of Eu.— —(Mez x.) 
12. P. flexile (Gatt.) Scribn. Stem erect, 20-70 cm. tall, ocius branching 
S base: leaf- pud E ees to sparsely hispi id, 2-6 mm. wide: p 
3-3. ong, —Sandy damp soil, various Einem Fla. 
S. D., and Ont. 
13. P. capillare L. Stem erect or ascending, simple or sparingly Ua pr 
20-80 em. tall: leaf-blades 5-15 mm. wide, hispid: panicle large, diffuse, 
maturity breaking away as a tumble-weed: okle 2—2.0 mm. long.— (Wire p 
