2SM FlKl I) COLUMHIAN MuSEUM BOTANY, VoL. I. 



Ei.KisixE Indica Giiirtn. 



Common in gardens as a weed, 5 to 10 inches high, Izamal, 

 Jan. to Dec. (461). 



Erac.ros'iis cii.iakis Link. 



Very abundant along roadsides near Izamal, 6 inches high, 

 July to March (356). On open lands 10 inches high (312). 



Eragrostis Mexicanus Link. 



Common in open lands near Izamal, 12 to 14 inches high, June 

 to Jan. (313). 



Leptochloa mucronata Kth. 



Common on old fields about Izamal, 3 feet high, Sept. (853). 



Monanthochloe littoralis Engelm. 



Abundant at the port of Silam, 2 feet high, April (624). 



Panicum sp. Xkanchim. 



Common on old fields near Izamal, 2 feet high, Sept. (854). 

 Apparently a new form in the section Ichnanthiis. Not matched 

 in the Natl. Herb., nor described, as far as examined at this time. 



Panicum brevifolium Kth. 



Common in small limestone caves in the brush and forest 

 about Izamal. 4 feet high, Jan. to Dec. (522). 



Panicum colonum Linn. 



Common in old fields about Izamal, 16 inches high, Sept. (850). 



Panicum divaricatum — var. ? 



Common in waste places about Izamal, -4 feet high, Jul}' (878). 



Panicum fuscum Swtz. 



On old fields near Izamal, Sept. (854 in part). 



Panicum insulare G.F.W. Mey. 



Frequent at the port of Silam, 3 feet high, April (675.) 



Panicum sanguinale Linn. 



Roadsides near Izamal (251, 301 in part). 



Paspalum paniculatum Linn. 



Common on old fields about Izamal, 30 inches high, Sept. (852.) 

 Apparently a small form of the species. No counterpart in 

 the Natl. Herb. 



Setaria flava Kth. 



Abundant in old fields near Izamal, 2 feet high, June to 

 Dec. (756). 



Setariopsis Scribn. gen. nov. 



Tribe Pauicccr. Spikelets ovate, articulated with the pedicels, 

 in rather densel}- flowered, more or less interrupted, subspicate 

 panicles. Glumes four, the first three membranaceous, the 

 fourth chartaceous or subcoriaceous. First glume much shorter 



