574 GRAMINE^. (grass FAMILY.) 



glumes long-pointed, the upper 7-nerved, one third longer than the obtuse per- 

 fect flower ; sterile flower 3-androus. — Sandy soil, Florida, and northward. 

 Aug. and Sept. U — Culms several in a cluster. Leaves smooth, flat (green), 

 1° or more long. Glumes purplish. 



10. P. amarum, Ell. Glaucous ; culms stout ; branches of the slender 

 contracted panicle smooth, appressed ; leaves long and rigid, soon convolute ; 

 spikelets ovate-lanceolate (2" long), short-stalked ; upper glume pointed, strongly 

 7-nerved, one third longer than the oblong obtuse perfect flower, and equalling 

 the 3-androus sterile flower. — Drifting sands along the coast, Florida, and north- 

 ward. Sept. H. — Plant salt and bitter to the taste. 



11. P. fasciculatum, Swartz. Smooth; culms erect (1° high), branch- 

 ing; leaves membranaceous, linear-lanceolate; panicle contracted, 3'- 4' long, 

 with the mostly simple branches erect ; spikelets deep green, obovate, acute ; 

 glumes smooth, the upper one strongly 7-nerved and reticulated, 2-3 times as 

 long as the lower one, barely longer tlian the tumid rugose perfect flower; sterile 

 flowerneutral. (P. fuscorubens, ia?n.) — South Florida. Oct. 1|. 



•t- -H- Sterile flower of one paha, neutral. 



12. P, proliferum, Lam. Smooth ; culms thick and succulent, ascending, 

 branched, geniculate; panicles lateral and terminal, diffuse; spikelets lanceolate- 

 ovate, acute, somewhat crowded on the straight branches ; upper glume 7-nerved, 

 3-4 times as long as the lower; perfect flower pointed. (P. geniculatum, il/u/i/.) 

 — Wet places near the coast, Florida, and northward. Sept. ® — Culms 1° - 

 3° long. 



13. P. capillare, L. Culms erect, simple or branched ; leaves and sheaths 

 hirsute ; panicles lateral and terminal, the very slender branches at length re- 

 flexed ; spikelets lanceolate-ovate, scattered on long and capillary pedicels ; 

 upper glume 5-nerved, pointed, twice as long as the lower; perfect flower obtuse. 

 (P. strigosum. Ell. 1) — Sandy fields, Florida, and northward. Sept. Q) — 

 Culms 1°- 2° high. 



14. P. divergens, Muhl. Culms slender, fragile, sparingly branched ; 

 leaves subulate, rough on the upper surface and margins ; the smooth sheaths 

 longer than the joints ; panicle dift'use, bearded at the axils ; spikelets small, 

 spindle-shaped, solitary at the summit of very long (2' -4') and rough pedun- 

 cles ; lower glume minute ; perfect flower lanceolate-oblong, acute, nearly as 

 long as tiie upper glume and neutral palea. (P. autumnale, Bosc.) — Dry sandy 

 soil. South Carolina, and northward. Aug. U — Culms 1° high. Leaves 2' - 

 4' long. 



1 5. P. verrucOSUm, Muhl. Smooth ; culms very slender, branched ; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate; panicles terminal, pyramidal, the slender scattered and 

 often simple branches spreading ; spikelets obovate, obtuse ; glumes obtuse, 

 roughened with fine warts, the upper one at length shorter than the perfect 

 flower, the lower minute. — Swamps, Florida, and northward. Sept. y. — 

 Culms 2°- 4° long. Spikelets |-" long. 



16. P. angUStifolium, Ell.'* Culms weak, diffusely branched; leaves 

 linear; panicle simple, the few elongated and scattered branches bearing 2-4 



