192 Chase — Xotes on Genera of Pankeae. I. 



and membranaceous ligules. At maturity tlie panicles break away and 

 roll like tumble-\veed.«. Name from Xeirrds ddicatc and XtD^a harder in refer- 

 ence to tlie hj'aline margins of the fertile lemma. 



7)ipf.— Panicvm cognalum Schultes. 

 Leptoloma cognata (Schultes.) 



J'anicam divenjms Muhl. iu Ell. ISIH. Sk. Bot. 1 : 130. not H. B. K. 1815. 

 Specimen in Elliott herbarium in College of Charleston. 



Elliott gives " Muhl. Cat." without page as authority for this name ; in 

 Muhl. Cat. 9 (1813) divergens is a nomen nudum. 



Paniruin divergens Muhl. 1817. Gram. 120. " Habitat in Carolina." 

 Specimen iu the Muhlenberg herbarium in Philadelphia Academy of Nat- 

 ural Sciences, marked " Elliott 353." In the same folio with this is a 

 specimen of Pa ai cum Philadelphicum marked " M. 112b." 



PaniciDn r.ngtiatnm Schultes 1824. Mant. 2 : 2:!5. Muhlenberg's descrip- 

 tion is copied and P. divergens Muhl. is cited as synonym, the name 

 changed, doubtless, because of P. divergens H. B. K., though this older use 

 of the name is not mentioned. Thus it is the second publication of P. 

 divergens Muhl. (that in Muhl. Gram.) on which Schultes bases his P. cog- 

 nalii.m. Hence the specimen in Muhlenberg's herbarium is the type. 



Panicum autumnale Bosc. Spreng. 1825. Syst. 1 : 320. 



This name as used by American authors is synonymous with above, but 

 we have not seen Bosc's specimen. Sprengel (1. c.) places the description 

 of P. autumnale next to that of P. divergens M\ih\. The 1^'ief description 

 would apply to any Panicum with an etl'use capillary panicle. It was not 

 known to Sprengel where the specimen came from ; " Patria?" he adds to 

 his description, and indicates he saw the specimen in the Willdenow her- 

 barium. 



The sheaths and blades of this species, especially the lower ones, are 

 often papillose pubescent, commonly so in Western specimens, though the 

 type is almost glal^rous. Pringle 4S9, Chihuahua, INIexico, represents an 

 extreme form witli slightly larger spikelets, having densely silky-pubescent 

 internerves, which would appear to be a distinct species except for the 

 fact that the inter-grades are more numerous than the extreme form. This 

 is the only species of this genus known in the northern hemisphere. Three 

 or four species are found in Australia. 

 Leptoloma divaricatissima (R. Br.) 



Panicum divaricaUssimum R. Br. 1810. Prod. 192. Port Jackson, 'New 

 Holland. 

 Leptoloma macratenium (Benth.) 



Panicum macratenium Benth. 1878. Fl. Australia 7 : 468. " Queensland, 

 Rockhampton, O'Slianesif." 

 Leptoloma coenicola (F. Muell.) 



J'aniciitn coenicdlant. F. Muell. 1855 in Trans. Yict. Inst. 45. Cudnaka, 

 S. Australia, F. Mueller. 



Paniriun jiapjjosnni R. Br. Prod. 192, and P. nemaloslarliynm Bailey 1903 

 in Bot. Bui. Dept. Agr. Queensl. 1(5 : 2, of which we have not seen speci- 

 mens, probably bek)ng here. The former is /■". autumnale F. Muell. Fragm. 

 8 : 19(5, not Bosc, lide Bentham Fl. Australia 7 : 469. 



