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II. PANICUM SANGUINALE L.—EI Taste, September 9 (49); 
La Honda, October 22. Empty glumes densely pilose at the 
apex. and along the margins (7. fimbriatum Kth.), (53).—San 
José del Cabo, September 2 (29). 
12. PANICcUM —. Allied toP. fiiforme \,. Spikes 2-5, 
approximate, 2-3 inches long, outer glumes ciliate and fimbriate 
along the margins —E| Taste, September 11 (42, 43)- 
13. PANICUM PASPALOIDES Pers.—El Taste, September 9 
(13). 
14. PANICUM VELUTINOSUM Nees. Agrost. Bras. 121, (P. 
Petiverti (%. Trin. Icon. t. 180). Spikelets 114-2 lines long, 
obovate, abruptly acuminate pointed, dark purple and pubescent 
towards the apex; fourth glume minutely mucronate pointed 
and transversely rugose; leaves narrowed at the base, not cor- 
date.—Saltillo, September 17 (17). 
15. PANICUM. PETIVERII Trin.?=No. 159 and No. 208 E. 
Palmer 1887 (P. dissctiflorum Vasey, ined.). Spikelets 1% lines 
long. Outer glumes shortly and sparsely pubescent, the first 
3-nerved and % as long as the spikelet, the second and third 
glumes 5-nerved and together with the fourth abruptly short- 
pointed. The fourth glume punctate striate on the back (not 
transversely rugose). Leaves cordate clasping at the base where 
they are sparingly ciliate on the margins. Racemes distant, 2 
inches long, remotely flowered, spikelets solitary or in pairs on 
short, pilose pedicels.—Pescadero, September 23 (27). 
16. PANICUM AVENACEUM HBK. Nov. Gen. et Sp. i. 99.— 
El Taste, September 12 (21). 
17. PANICUM DECOLORANS HBK.? Spikelets turgid, 12-2 
lines long. First glume hardly % as long as the spikelet, 
obtuse 5-nerved, the second and third glumes longer than the 
fourth, broadly lanceolate, subacuminate, 7-9 nerved, the third 
with a palea, fourth glume obtuse. Habit of /. decolorans as 
described by Kunth.—Saucito, October 14 (70). 
18. Panrcum compactum Sw., Griseb. Flor. Br. W. Ind. 
552.— Saltillo, September 16 (22). 
Panicum LATIFOLIUM L. Sp. Pl. ed. i., P divaricatum 
TQ. 
