1901] Scribner & Merrill, — New England Panicum 107 
B. Basal leaves very different in shape, and much smallerthan those of 
the culm; leaves of the branches smaller and more crowded than those of 
the primary stem; spikelets usually abruptly acute or obtuse (Panicum de- 
pauperatum excepted) (HETEROPHYLLA). 
* Leaves linear, elongated, very narrow, erect; panicles small, few-flow- 
ered, the differentiated basal leaves rarely evident. 
t Spikelets 3.5 mm. long, apparently beaked. 
13. PANICUM DEPAUPERATUM Muhl. Gram.112. 1817. (Panicum 
strictum Pursh. Fl. Am. Sept. 1:69. 1814, not R.: Br. 1812; Pani- 
cum involutum Torr, Fl. U. S. 124. 1824).—A slender erect or 
ascending perennial, usually much branched near the base, 1.5 to 4 
dm. high, with very narrow erect leaves 8 to 20 cm. long, ? mm. wide, 
few-flowered narrow panicles 4 to ro cm. long, and nearly smooth 
spikelets about 3.5 mm. long. Sheaths glabrous or hirsute; leaves 
erect, mostly crowded at the base, the upper culm-leaf usually exceed- 
ing the panicle. Spikelets ovate, acute, in dried specimens appear- 
ing somewhat beaked; first glume about one-third as long as the 
spikelet, clasping the base of the spikelet, second and third glumes 
equal, 7 to g-nerved, glabrous or sometimes pilose with few hairs. 
General distribution: open woodlands and gravelly fields, Nova 
Scotia to Manitoba, south to Florida and Texas. 
Marne: East Auburn, Æ. D. Merri//, Aug. 1898 ; Southport, M. 
LZ. Fernald, Aug. 8, 1894; Rumford Falls, C. 77. Knowlton, July 8, 
1893; South Berwick, open dry woods, M. Z. Fernald, Sept. 26, 1897. 
New HawrsHIRE: Jaffrey, dry hillsides, B. Z. Robinson, July 12, 
1898. VERMONT: Rutland, 1757, W. W. Eggleston, June 12, 1899 ; 
Colchester, Z. R. Fones, Aug. 31, 1900. Massacuusetts: Walpole, 
gravelly roadsides, W. P. Rich, June 7, 1896, F. R. Churchill, June 
7. 1896; Malden, Z S. Collins, June 14, 1887; Mt. Wachusett, 
J. F. Collins, July 13, 1893; Lynnfield, ZZ. 4. Young, June 17, 1879; 
Framingham, Æ. C. Smith, June 24, 1892 ; Nonquit, Æ. Z. Sturtevant, - 
May 28, 1889; Milton, borders of woods, Blue Hills, W. P. Rich, 
July 1, 1891 ; Melrose, rocky wooded hillsides, cascade region, W. 
P. Rich, June 18, 1894; Truro, dry fields and hillsides, JW. P. Rich, 
June 21, 1898; Dorchester, Mattapan, 9. A. Churchill, June 16, 
1886 ; Waltham, sandy soil, JF. Deane, June 22, 1884; Nantucket, 
J. R. Churchill, July 3, 1886; Concord, Æ. Mann, no date; West 
Gloucester, C. W. Swan, July 8, 1893; Gloucester, Eastern Point, 
E. L. Rand & B. L. Robinson, Jane 7, 1896; Stony Brook Reservoir, 
Metropolitan Park Flora, G. Z. Chandler, June 17, 1895. RHODE 
IsLAND: Providence, 7. 7. Collins, June 8, 1892. CONNECTICUT: 
Waterford, dry sandy woods, Fog Plain, 7 C. B. Graves, July s, 
1898; Montville, woods on Poll’s Hill, 81 C. B. Graves, June 19, 
1897; Ledyard, woods on Decatur Hill, 86 C. B. Graves, June to, 
1897. 
t t Spikelets 2 to 2.5 mm. long, obtuse. 
