1912] Hubbard,— Panicums of Essex County, Massachusetts 39 
Gloucester, Sept. 27, 1911, and No. 166 rich open woods, Manchester, 
Oct. 7, 1911. 
Specimens of these numbers were sent to Mrs. Chase and deter- 
mined by her. Apparently this species is new to Essex County. 
Other Massachusetts stations have been reported in Rhodora 1: 
98 (1899) and 3: 126 (1901). 
PaNICUM ORICOLA Hitche. & Chase. Hitchcock and Chase, l. c., 
cite from Massachusetts, Nantucket, Bartlett, no. 1368, 1379, et al.; 
Plymouth, Oakes; Quanquisset, Bartlett, no. 1327. Represented 
from Massachusetts in Gray Herbarium from Plymouth, Oakes. 
In the Herbarium of the New England Botanical Club, Massachusetts, 
is represented by Eastham, F. S. Collins, nos. 248 & 293; Truro, 
W. P. Rich; Hyannis, Churchill. My specimen, verified by Mrs. 
Chase, is No. 158, dunes Ipswich Beach, Ipswich, Oct. 5, 1911. 
There seems to be no previous record of this species north of Cape 
Cod, but Mr. M. L. Fernald informs me that he collected it on the 
Ipswich dunes about a week later than I. 
Panicum AsHEI Pearson. Hitchcock and Chase, l. c., cite from 
Massachusetts, Malden, Fernald, 1891, in part; West Quincy, 1894, 
Churchill. Represented in the Gray Herbarium from Massachusetts, 
Melrose, W. P. Rich; Middlesex Fells, Koehler. In the Herbarium 
of the New England Botanical Club are Massachusetts specimens 
from Melrose, W. P. Rich, nos. 235a, and 291; Weston, E. F. Williams; 
Blue Hills, Warren H. Manning; Housatonic, Berkshire County, 
Ralph Hoffmann. My specimen is No. 194, among bushes, rocky 
hillside, West Manchester, Oct. 11, 1911. 
A specimen of this number was sent to and verified by Mrs. Chase. 
This collection extends the known range of the species slightly north- 
ward. 
A complete list of the Panicums collected in Essex County from 
Sept. 26-Oct. 13, 1911, is as follows. Where there are specimens in 
the Gray Herbarium or the Herbarium of the New England Botanical 
Club or where there are published records of the species from Essex 
County. I have noted the fact. 
P. capillare L. N. E. Bot. Club; Robinson, Fl. Essex Co., 130 
(1880). 
P. dichotomiflorum Michx. Robinson, l. c., 129 (1880) sub. nom. 
P. proliferum Lam. 
P. virgatum L. N. E. Bot. Club; Robinson, l. c. 130 (1880). 
