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11. Panicum sanguinale L. — El Taste, September 9 (49); 

 L,a Honda, October 22. Empty glumes densely pilose at the 

 apex and along the margins {F. Jijnbriatuin Kth.), (53). — San 

 Jose del Cabo, September 2 (29). 



12. Panicum . K\\\QdtoP.Jilifonnel^. Spikes 2-5, 



approximate, 2-3 inches long, outer glumes ciliate and fimbriate 

 along the margins — El Taste, September 11 (42, 43). 



13. Panicum paspaloides Pers. — El Taste, September 9 



(13)- 

 •^ 14. Panicum veeutinosum Nees. Agrost. Bras. 121, {P. 



Petiverii {i. Trin. Icon. t. 180). Spikelets 1^2-2 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). 



V 15- Panicum petiverii Trin.?=No. 159 and No. 208 E. 



Palmer 1887 {P. dissitifloniiu Vasey, ined.). Spikelets i>^ lines 

 long. Outer glumes shortly and sparsely pubescent, the first 

 3-nerved'and y'l 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). 



i6. Panicum avenaceum HBK. Nov. Gen. et Sp. i. 99. — 

 El Taste, September 12 (21). 



17. Panicum decolorans HBK.? Spikelets turgid, iJ^-2 

 lines long. First glume hardly Yt, 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 P. decolorans as 

 described by Kuuth. — Saucito, October 14 (70). 



18. Panicum compactum Sw., Griseb. Flor. Br. W. Ind. 

 552. — Saltillo, September 16 (22). 



/ 19. Panicum latifolium L. Sp. PL ed. i., P divaricahun 



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