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nutely ciliate; leaves lanceolate, 4.5-9 cm. long, 7-14 mm. wide, 
somewhat narrowed toward the rounded or subcordate sparsely 
ciliate base, usually erect, smooth or sometimes a little roughened, 
7—11-nerved; panicle finally long-exserted, ovate in outline, 6-9 
cm. long, its branches widely spreading, rarely ascending or re- 
flexed, more or less flexuous, the lower ones 2-3 cm. long, the 
ultimate divisions of the longer branches generally spreading ; 
spikelets equalling or longer than their pedicels, elliptic or obovate, 
2.5 mm. long; first scale nearly hyaline, broader than long, 
rounded at the apex, about one-quarter the length of the spikelet, 
which it clasps at the base ; second and third scales of equal length, 
green and membranous, 7-nerved, minutely pubescent, the latter 
enclosing a small narrow palet about one-half as long as the scale; 
fourth scale yellowish white, chartaceous, oval, about 2 mm. long, ~ 
1.3 mm. broad, minutely pubescent at the obtuse apex, striate- 
punctate, enclosing a palet of equal length and similar texture 
and a perfect flower. 
Collected by the writer on the edge of a clay pit in the low 
pine land at Eustis, Lake Co., Florida, May 16-31, 1894, No. 781. 
This has somewhat the appearance of the P. demissum of Trinius, 
particularly as to the panicle, but the leaves and spikeiets are con- 
siderably larger, and the whole plant more robust. 
Named in honor of Mr. H. J. Webber, of Eustis, Florida. 
PANICUM VIRGATUM BREVIRAMOSUM DN. var. 
Glabrous throughout. Culms 1 metre tall or less, erect, 
slender, strict, purplish at or near the nodes; sheaths shorter than 
the internodes; ligule a ring of long hairs; leaves narrowly linear, 
1.5—3 dm. long, 3-7 mm. wide, long-acuminate, usually narrowed 
toward the base, erect, strict, smooth beneath, a little roughened 
above; panicle oblong, 9-13 cm. long, 3-5 cm. wide, its branches 
ascending, the lower ones 5 cm. long or less; spikelets numerous, 
slightly less than 3 mm. long, purplish; first scale about one-half 
as long as the spikelet, acute or obtuse, 5—7-nerved ; second and 
third scales equal in length, acute, 7-nerved, the intervals between 
the nerves of the former gradually decreasing in width, the inter- 
val between the midnerve and first lateral nerve of the third scale 
much wider than the intervals between the other nerves, palet 
empty, hyaline, shorter than the scale; fourth scale elliptic, 2.25 
mm. long, obtuse, chartaceous, whitish, enclosing a palet of simi- 
lar texture and a perfect flower. 
Collected by Dr. Small in clay soil in the pine lands about 
Augusta, Georgia, where it was common, June 27-July 1, 1895. 
The culms occur singly or two or three together, not forming 
