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Echinochloa Walteri (Pursh) Nash. Panicum hirteU 

 lum Walt. P. hispidum Muhl. — Britton & Brown, Ulus. Flora 

 I, 113, Fig. 244. Small Flora 84. Beale 119. In swamps near 

 Shell Beach. 



OPLISMEMUS BEAUV. AGROST. 53. 1812 



Oplismenus setarius (Lam.) Roem & Schutt. (Panicum 

 sctarium Lam.) (P. hirtellum Michx. ) —Small Flora 

 84. Beale 147, Fig. 27. Am. Grasses II, 104, Fig. 400. Fairly 

 common over the whole State. ) 



PANICUM L. SP. PL. 1: 55. 1753 



Panicum agrostoides Muhl.— Britton & Brown, Illus. 

 Flora I, 115, Fig. 250. Beale 128. Small Flora 93. Common 

 over the State. 



Panicum stipitatum Nash. (P. elongatum Pursh.) — 

 Small Flora 94. Am. Grasses II, 56, Fig. 352. Collected by 

 the writer on Calcasieu prairies and in Cameron parish. No 

 doubt occurs elsewhere in the State. 



Panicum albomarginatum Nash. — Small Flora 98. Am. 

 Grasses II, 63, Fig. 359. Common in the pine barrens in the 

 vicinity of Abita Springs and Pearl River. 



Panicum amarum Ell.— Britton & Brown, Illus. Flora 

 I, 122, Fig. 271. Small Flora 93. Beale 124. Am. Grasses I, 

 61, Fig. 55. In sands along the sea beach, Grand Isle. 



Panicum autumale Bosc. (Panicum cognatum Schutt.) 

 (Panicum divergens Muhl.) — Britton & Brown, Illus. Flora 

 I, 124, Fig. 276. Small Flora 92. Beale 122. Am. Grasses II, 

 51, Fig. 347. In dry sandy soil in cultivated fields. Observed 

 by the writer only near Osyka on the borders of Louisiana and 

 Mississippi. 



Panicum angustifolium Ell. (Panicum consanguineum 

 8. Wats.)— Britton & Brown, Illus. Flora 122, Fig.. 169. Small 

 Flora 95. Beale 141. Am. Grasses II, 94, Fig. 390. Common 

 in dry soil, especially in the more rolling parts of the State. 

 Collected in Tangipahoa, St. Tammany, Calcasieu, Rapides. 



Panicum arenicoloides Ashe. — Small Flora, page 95, 

 makes this species a synonym of P. angustifolium Elli. The habit 

 of P. arenicoloides is, however, very distinct. It grows in round- 



