Panicum GRAMINEAE Echinochloa 



P. rhizomatum Hitchc. & Chase. 



Moist sandy soil, Coastal Plain; apparently rare: pine woods 

 near Capeville (No), Fernald, Long & Fogg, 5194, 5195 (P, T). 



Verrucosa 

 P. verrucosum Muhl. 



Frequent in moist, sandy soil, throughout our area. Mid-Aug. 

 to Oct. 



Hemitoma 



P. hemitomon Schultes. Maiden Cane. 



Ditches and borders of ponds, Sussex and Wicomico Counties; 

 not often collected: Indian River n. of Millsboro (S), Long & 

 Bartram, 4 July 1913 (A); Waples Pond, 3 mi. n. of Milton (S), 

 R. R. Tatnall, 3413, 15 June 1937 (T); Horsebridge Creek, 6 mi. e. 

 of Salisbury (Wi), A. V. Smith & R. R. Tatnall, 3993, 9 Sept. 1938 

 (T). 



A plant of the southern Coastal Plain, here at or near the north- 

 ern limit of its range. 



Sacciolepis Nash. 

 S. striata (L.) Nash. 



Coastal Plain marshes and ponds, rare : Millsboro (S) , S. Brown, 

 21 Sept. 1907 (A); pond, Rehoboth (S), C. S. Williamsom, 31 Aug. 

 1908 (A, P); meadow, Fenwick Island (S), R. R. Tatnall, 2423, 25 

 Sept. 1934 (T). 



A southern plant, here approaching its northern limit. 



Echinochloa Beau v. 



E. Crus-galli (L.) Beauv. Barnyard Grass. 



Common in cultivated and waste ground, Piedmont and Coastal 

 Plain. July to mid-Sept. Nat. from Europe. 



. E. pungens (Poir.) Rydb. (E. muricata (Mx.) Fernald.) 



One collection: fields and wastes, Mt. Cuba (NC), Commons, 

 1 Oct. 1897 (A). 



E. Walteri (Pursh) Heller. 



Common in marshes and ditches, near the coast; apparently 

 absent from the Piedmont. Late Aug. to mid-Oct. 



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