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Hordeum pusilluni Nun. 



Found in waste places all over south Louisiana. 

 L< ptochloa Nealleyi i Va.sey. 



First record from Louisiana. Known distribution ac- 

 cording to Small: "Central and Southern Texas." Along 

 the coast in the vicinity of the station. 

 [.'■ptochloa imbricata Thurb. 



Collected by Prof. S. M. Tracy, determined by Piper. 

 First record from Louisiana. This grass is not included in 

 Small's Flora., but according to Beale "Grasses of North 

 America," page 435, occurs in South California, Arizonti 

 and Mexico. Beale quotes Dr. Palmer that it is a good for- 

 age plant. It occurs occasionally along the sea coast in the 

 vicinity of the station. 

 Panicum proliferum Lam. 



Common all over the state in wet soil. 

 Panicum paspaloides Pers. 



First record from Louisiana. Known distribution ac- 

 cording to Small: "Florida and Texas." Common in shallow 

 ponds and swamps near the station. 

 Panicum Helleri Xash. 



Collected by Prof. S. M. Tracy. Plant not seen by the 

 writer. Previous known distribution according to Small: 

 "Stony wooded hillsides South Texas." 

 Panicum repens L. 



Very abundant along the banks of the Cameron river 

 near the mouth. First record from Louisiana. Previous 

 known distribution according to Small: "Alabama. Missis- 

 sippi and California." 

 Panicum sphaerocarpon Ell. 



Occasionally along the dry ridges near the coast. The 

 plant also occurs almost over the whole state in dry soil. 

 Panicum Orangense Ashe. Journ. Elisha Mitchell Sci. So. 



Of this species, which is not yet described in any of the 

 manuals. Mrs. Chase, assistant in Grass Herbarium, Wash- 

 ington, writes: "We are not yet decided whether P. Ciliosum 

 Xash he not the same species." Range in manuscript of 

 monograph on Panicum in preparation is Xew Jersey to 

 Florida, west to Tennessee ami Louisiana. 



