eee ee eit ee C. 
1901] Scribner & Merrill, — New England Panicum 127 
HAMPSHIRE; Gilmanton, /. Blake, Aug. 21, 1876; Jaffrey, near 
dwellings, 566 B. Z. Robinson, Aug. 7, 1898. VERMONT; Burling- 
ton, Z. R. Jones, Oct. 12, 1889 ; Alburgh Springs, W. W. Eggleston 
& L. R. Jones, Aug. 30, 1893 (awnless form) ; Hartland, 2. Z. Rug- 
gles, no date; Manchester, 272 M. A. Day, July 30, 1898. (awnless 
or nearly so). MASSACHUSETTS : Melrose, ditches near Long Pond, 
W. P. Rich, Aug. 29, 1891, a depauperate form ; Revere, Oak Island, 
H. A. Young, Aug. 13, 1882 (awnless form) and Sept. 20, 1879; 
Blue Hills, WW. A. Manning, Sept. 1, 1879; Charleston, C. F. 
Perkins, Aug. 16, 1880, South Framingham, Æ. Z. Sturtevant, Aug. 
10, 1890; Nonquit, Æ. Z. Sturtevant, July 20, 1889 ; South Boston, 
W. P. Rich, Aug. 16, 1888 (awnless or nearly so); Lynnfield, bor- 
ders of a bog, W. P. Rich, Aug. 21, 1892; Dedham, low ground 
near Wigwam Pond, W. P. Rich, Aug. 22, 1897, also Æ. F. Williams, 
Aug. 22, 1897; West Cambridge, E. F. Williams, Aug. 28, 1897 
(awnless or nearly so). Cambridge, W. Deane, Aug. 24, 1883; 
Dorchester, 7. Æ. Churchill, 1883, Deerfield, 7. R. Churchill, Aug. 10, 
1887. CONNECTICUT: Southington, Z. Andrews, Aug. 2, 1898 
(awnless form). 
* * Sheaths hispid. 
35. PANICUM WALTERI Pursh. Fl. Am. Sept. 1: 66. 1814. (Pani- 
cum hirtellum Walter, Fl. Car. 72, 1788, not All. 1785; Panicum 
hispidum Muhl. Descr. 107. 1817; Panicum crus-galli var. hispidum 
Tom. FEN. Y. 2: 424. 1843. 
A robust, erect or ascending annual 9 to 18 dm. high, with the 
lower sheaths strongly papillose-hispid, and large long-bearded pur- 
-plish panicles. Culms glabrous; sheaths loose; ligule obsolete or 
consisting only of a few hairs; leaf-blades 3 dm. long or more, 1 to 
2 cm. wide, generally smooth beneath, strongly scabrous above. 
Panicle 15 to 45 cm. long, with ro to 4o ascending or spreading 
branches. Spikelets densely crowded in 2 to 4 rows on one side of 
the scabrous hispid rachis, brownish.purple; second and third 
glumes about 3 mm. long, scabrous and strongly hispid, tipped with 
introrsely barbed awns, sometimes 3 to 6 cm. long; flowering glume 
ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. 
General distribution: in marshes and ditches, generally near salt 
or brackish water, Massachusetts to Florida and Louisiana, August 
to October. 
MASSACHUSETTS: South Boston, waste ground, Æ. A. Young, 
Sept. 20, 1878; Dorchester, marsh, 7. R. Churchill, Aug. 30, 1884; 
Hyannisport, 7. M. Greenman, Sept. 5, 1898, F. R. Churchill, Aug. 
29, 1888, also W. Deane, same date and locality; Revere, 7. Blake, 
Aug. 26, 1885; Medford, in brackish ditch, F. S. Collins, Sept. 15, 
1887; Marthas Vineyard, Sydney Harris, Aug. 26, 1894; Swamp- 
scott, C. W. Swan, Sept. 16, 1888, a depauperate form. CONNECTI- 
