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§ 3. AULAXANTHUS. — Spikelets nwnless, single, loosely racemose on the erect 

 branches of the compound contracted panicle : lower ylume wanting, the upper one 

 ^-ribbed, verij hairij : perennials. 

 28 P. ignoratum, Kunth. Culms erect, simple, smooth ; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, pungent, strongly nerved, fringed on the margins, the lower ones 

 widely spreading ; panicle racemose ; spikelets obovate ; sterile flower 3-androus ; 

 anthers and stigmas yellow. (Aulaxanthus ciliatns, £//.) — Dry gravelly soil, 

 Florida to North Carolina. July and Aug. — Culms 2° - 3° high. Leaves and 

 spikelets pale. 



29. P. rufum, Kunth. Leaves erect, linear, smooth, elongated ; sterile 

 flower neutral ; anthers and stigmas purple ; otherwise like the preceding. (Au- 

 la.xanthus rufus, Ell ) — Pine-barren swamps, Florida to North Carolina. Sept. 



— Leaves and spikelets purplish. 



§ 4. ECHINOCHLOA. — Spikelets crowded on one side of the racemed or pani- 

 cled spikes : glumes and lower palea of the sterile flower hispid-pointed or awned. 



30. P. CrUS-galli, L. Culm stout (2° -4° high), branching; leaves very 

 long, broadly linear, rough; sheaths smooth, rough, or hispid; spikes (l'-2' 

 long) very numerous, crowded in a long raceme ; spikelets clustered ; glumes 

 and lower palea of the sterile flower strongly hispid on the nerves, awn-pointed 

 or long-awned ; fertile flower rough-pointed. — Wet places, Florida, and north- 

 ward. Aug. and Sept. (I) — Awns pale or purple. 



31. P. Walter!, Ell. Culms (l°-2° high) branching; leaves linear, 

 smooth, like the sheaths ; spikes 5- 12, distant, erect or appressed (^' -\' long), 

 bearded at the base ; spikelets in 3 rows, awnless ; glumes and lower palea his- 

 pid on the nerves, pointed ; fertile flower barely pointed ; rachis rough. — Damp 

 soil, Floiida to North Carolina. July -Sept. Q — Spikelets purplish. 



32. P.? molle, Michx. "Spikes panicled, alternate, expanding, flower- 

 ing on one side ; spikelets approximate, pedicillate, on one side, awnless," Ell. 



— Sea islands of South Carolina, Elliott. Aug. and Sept. U — Culm 4° -6° 

 high, smooth below, downy above. Leaves 12'- 18' long, smooth, fringed at 

 the throat. Spikelets 2-3 together on a villous rachis, hairy. Plant salt and 

 bitter. 



^ 5. ORTHOPOGON. — Panicle simple, spiked: .-spikes fewflowered, distant: 

 glumes equal, hairi/, the lower one long-awned: upper and lower palece of the sterile 

 flower short-awned. 



33. P. hirtellura, L. Culms slender, ascending from a creeping base; 

 leaves (l'-2' long) ovate-lanceolate, thin; sheaths hairy; spikes about 5, dis- 

 tant, 5-8-flowered; awns (often purple) clammy. — Shady woods, Florida to 

 North Carolina. Aug. and Sept. y. — Culms 1° - 2° long, branched, the erect 

 portion 6'- 12' high. 



50. SET ARIA, Beauv. 



Erect annual grasses, with flat leaves and the spikelets of Panicum proper, 

 but crowded in cylindrical spike-like panicles ; the short pedicels bearing one or 

 more bristles, which usually exceed the spikelets. 

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