350 PLANT MI'K *^V ALABAMA. 



1^ inchoM loii>;, loii-i-rXHortiMl. ov»l, tin- l>rani;li<s asi ••nilinjj, Hpikelet* iiiiiii«r«>iiH. 

 smiill, oliovutc. 



Tliis iB n'nanh'il li\ W , \V. Am1i«> as /'. iHnifuliiim IJahl.' Collected at Cliajul 

 Mill.X. C. 



l.oiiiHiaiiiaii an-a. North Carolina ti< (Hiiruiu ami l"loriil;i. 



Ai.aiiaMa: C<ia«» pluiii. I.nw pino liarn-iis in sainly loam. Muhilc Coiinty, Siim- 

 intTvilh', .liiiif, lh!»!i. Intri*i|ti<-nt. 



rvi>«' loralit V : "In tin- low ]iini- laml at KnsliH, Lako CoiiMly, IJorida." {Saxh, 



is!ii. No. iti'r>.) ■ 



llerl>. (Jeol. Snrv. IIitI>. Molir. 

 Panicum trifolium Nasli, Hull. Ton. Club, 26:r.H(t. isii'.t. 



\ crsiiiiosi', siMoothiHli. Klcudcr juTcniiial, tlie niimtlv NiinpUi «iilm M to Hi iuihes 

 hij^li; stem le.ivt-s UMually ;{, tlie iip])«'rniost a littN- In-low the ]ianicl<'. lirni, en-rt. 

 narrowly l.iinrolatr, w itli tli« niar;iins cartilajiiMOMH-thickcncd, sen nlati-. from i to 2 

 inf Ill's Ion;;; liasal 1< a\ cs niinn'ronB, about 2iinlies Ion;;; |>ani<le more or IcHsexsertfd, 

 broadly ovati', 1 to2 inclieH long, with Hlonder a.scendiug branihes, apikehits elliptical, 

 di'iiscly ]>Ml>('8<i'nt. 



Caroliniaji and !,oiiinianiaii areas. North Carolina to wcsti-rn Florida. 



Ai.ahama: .Mctaniorphir hills to Coast plain. Damp woods. Lee Conntv. .\nbinn 

 ( linker, \ i:<irle). Central .Mabania ( /.'hc/i/c//). .Mobih' County. April; not Creriuint. 



Type locality : "Ocuinlgce Kivcr ewanip. below Macon, Ga." (Dr. .1. A. SmaU, 



K'elateil to 1'. nUto-marrjiitatum, but distin^^Miislicd by the thinner leaves witli<int 

 white margins and the more Mlender culm. 

 Herb, (ieol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Panicum lucidum Ashe. Jonrn. Elisha Mitchell Soc. 15 : 17. 1898. 



A cespitose, slender, glabrous jierennial. the weak culms reclining; sheaths ciliate 

 at the margin ; leaves spreading, 1 inch or less long, narrowly lanceolate, very acute, 

 rather di-stant: panicle more or less exserted, li inches long, with spreading l>ranches; 

 spikelets elli]itic, acute. 



Louisianian area. North Carolina. 



Alaiiama: Coast plain. Damp woods. Mobile County. May; inlreciuent. 



Typo locality: "Lake Mattamuskeet. North Carolina." ( M'. iv. Ashe, 1898.) 



Panicum curtifolium Nash. l?ull. Terr. Clul), 26 : 569. 1899. 



A tutted glabrous perennial, with weak culms 8 to 12 inches high, finally much 

 branched ; sheaths usually about one-third as long as the internodes, sparsely pubes- 

 cent; stem leaves 8 or 1. widely spreading, short, scarcely over 8 lines long, the basal 

 leaves 1^. to 2 inches long; jtanicle considerably exserted, broadly ovate, its slightly 

 hispiil branches widely spreading; spikelets elliptic, glabrons. 



Louisianian area. Western Florida ( to Mississippi. 



Al.vha.ma: Central Pine belt. Coastplain. Boggy borders of pine-barren streams. 

 Tuscaloosa County (J)r. IC. A. Smith). Mobile County (J. H. Kearney, July, \H^2). 



Type locality: '• Ocean Springs. Miss." (5. M. Tracy, 1898.) 



Herb. (iced. .Snrv. Herb. Mohr. 



Panicum paucipilum N.ish. Hull. Torr. ( lub. 26:.">73. 1899. 



A tufted, almost glabrous, tall perennial with the sparingly branched culm from 2 

 to 3t feet high; stem leaves 5 to «, erect, tirm, sometimes minutely puberubnt on 

 the lower surface, usually with a few hair-bearing papillae at the base, from 2i to 

 3A inches long and .'5 to 5 lines wide; panicle exserted, rather dense, cd)long, from 

 2 to 4 inches long, its branches erect; spikelets small, numerous, oval, jmbescent. 



(Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Coast of New Jersey. Mississippi. 



Ai.aiia.ma: Coastplain. Mobile County. 



Type locality: " Wildwood, N. J." {E. P. Bicknell, May 30, 1897.) 



Panicum longipeduuculatum Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2 : 53, t. /6,f. Gl. 1894. 



A small i)ube8<cnt somewhat clustereil ])ale-grcen perennial, the slender culms 

 6 to 1(1 inclies high, with a few distant erecr-sf)reading lanceolate leaves, nar- 

 rowe<l to the roundish base. - to 3 lines wide, soft-pubescent on both sidi-s and ciliate 

 on the margin ; basal leaves numerous, imbescent .and ciliate; panicle .ibout 2 inches 

 long, oval, the axis and branchlets villous-pubesoent, the fascicled, slender branches 

 sjireadiiig; s])ikelets small, I line long, obtuse. 



Carolinian and Lfusisianian areas. Tennessee, North Carolina ( Roanoke Island) to 

 Florida. 



Journ. Elisha Mitch. Soc, Vol. 15, p. 46. 



