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ish clumps radiating out from a center, more or less prostrate. 

 Mrs. Chase informs me that a further difference is apparent in 

 the autumnal state of P. angustifolium, which has leaves flat, 

 while in arenicoloides they are involute. Partially cleared woods 

 in the more upland portions of the State. Ruston and West 

 Feliciana. 



Panicum barbulatum Michx. — Britton & Brown, Illus. 

 Flora I, 120, Fig. 265. Small Flora 96. Am. Grasses I, 65, Fig. 

 59. On borders of swamps near Orleans and probably over the 

 entire State. 



Panicum capillare L— Britton & Brown, Illus. Flora I, 

 123, Fig. 32. Small Flora 92. Beale 129. Am. Grasses II, 54, 

 Fig. 350. A very common weed in ditches along the streets and 

 in waste fields and empty lots, New Orleans. 



Panicum ciliatum Ell. — Small Flora 94. Only one speci- 

 man, collected in sandy soil near Amite City. 



Panicum clandestinum L.— Britton & Brown, Illus. Flora 



I, 118, Fig. 257. Small Flora 103. Beale 144. Am. Grasses. 



II, 92, Fig. 388. On the edge of swamps near New Orleans. 



Panicum cognatum Schultes. — Small Flora 92. Am.. 

 Grasses II, 51, Fig. 347. In sandy soil, Tangipahoa. 



Panicum commutatum Schultes. — Britton & Brown, Illus. 

 Flora I, 117, Fig. 255. Small Flora 103. Beale 141. On the- 

 edges of woods near New Orleans. Also near Alexandria. 



Panicum consanguineum Kunth. — Small Flora 95. Beale 

 141. In cleared pine barrens St. Tammany. 



Panicum curtifolium Nash. — Small Flora 97. In Sandy 

 soil on borders of Louisiana and Mississippi, near Osyka. 



Panicum depauperatum Muhl. {Panicum striatum 

 Pursh.) (Panicum involutum Torr.) — Britton & Brown, 

 Illus. Flora I, 121, Fig. 268. Small Flora 94. Beale 140. Am. 

 Grasses II, 89, Fig. 385. Common in most parts of the State 

 except in the alluvial swamp regions. Rapides, Tangipahoa, 

 West Feliciana, St. Tammany. 



Panicum dichotomum L. (Panicum ramulosum Michx.) 

 Britton & Brown, Illus. Flora I, Fig. 264. Small Flora 96. 

 Beale 138. Am. Grasses II, 70, Fig. 366. Apparently very 

 common in all the upland part of the State. It varies very much 

 in appearance at different times of the year. 



