36 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



). From the description it might be this or 

 P. colonum. Neither species has a decidedly mem- 



branaceous rachis " as in Paspal 



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Paniculata. 



capillare 6. panicula capillar! erecta patente, caule piloso 



No specimen. Cited by Elliott under P. strigosum 

 Muhl. Apparently P. capillare L. 



miliaceum? panicula patente, cuhno ramoso geniculate 



7. decumbente, staminibus flavis, pistillis 



purpura is. 



No specimen. Cited by Elliott under P. geniculatum 

 Muhl. to which is also referred P. dichotomiflorum 

 Michx. This is evidently P. prolifermn L. Walter 

 does not use Linnaeus' description of P. miliaceum. 



[P. 73] latifolium 8. panicula racemis lateralibus simplicibus, foliis 



ovato-lanceolatis collo pilosis. 



The specimen in the herbarium consists of a fr 



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111 



for the ciliate margin at the base. There is a slight 



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ciliate ring at the nodes. Labeled " Panicum 469." 

 The specimen and the description appear to refer to 



P. latifoli 



ovate-lanceolate and 



the nodes are barbed. Walter uses Linnaeus' description. 



brevifolium paniculatum, foliorum vaginis longitudinali- 



9. ter ciliatis. Praecedenti nimis affinis? 



There is a specimen in the herbarium labeled " Pani- 

 cum 448," which is probably this species. It consists 

 of a panicle and two upper leaves. The spikelets are 



