354 PLANT LIFK OF ALAHAMA. 



I', puitcitlonim lirii\,Mi\n.i\V3. 1H4H. N«»l Kll. 1x17. 



Britt. iiiul Hrowi!. ill. Fl. 1:118. 



Culm erm-t, linm S to -•• inilies lii{;li. Himriiifily jmlmsueiit; HJieatiiH pai)illo8i'- 

 piloKo; k'iives iK'iiminatc, rimii«li'»l (ir triiiicato at Ihi' base, smooth above, jilabroua 

 beneath, Hpieadiiiu; iiaiiiclo Mii.ill, siiroatliii;;. aiitl, like the spikeletn, j^lalirous or 

 hairy; Hpikelets tiirLcid. oliovoid, about lA lines l'>ii;j. 



In our speeinieiis the ]iaiiiele and sj)ikeletH are liairy. 



Alle-ihouian anil Carolinian areas. Maine. < >utario. and Minnesota, soiitli to ^'ir- 

 <:;inia and Tennessee, w est to Kansas and Arizona. 



Ai,Ai!.\M.\: Mountain reffion. Grasay banks, (hiilman County. .June; lare. 



Type locality : " Middle Tennoasee (C.attiuf^er)." 



Herb. (ieoi. Surv. 



Paiiicuui oligosanthes Sdiult. Mant. 2 : 2.")ti. 1821. 



ranicim 2)aiuitlorum Ell. Sk. 1 : 120. 1817. Not U. Br. 1811. 



/'. Hcopar'utm paucilloi-mn (Ell. ) Scribner. Grass. Tenu. 2 : 18, t. / .', f. ■/'-'. 1894. 



Chap. Fl. 575. 



Carolinian and Louisiauian areas. Southern Illinois. .South Caridina to Florida 

 and Jlississipjii. 



Alaha-MA : Mountain region to Coast Pine belt. Thickets, shady borders of woods 

 in light soil. Lee County, Auburn (Balccr <(• Earle). Washington County, Yellow- 

 pine. Mobile and Baldwin counties. May, June; not rare. 



Type locality: "Grows in close damp soils. In Georgia, not very rare." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Panicnm viscidum Ell. Sk. 1 : 123. 1817. Visrii> Panic Gkas.s. 



I'anicKm svopariimi Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 49. 1803. Not Lam. 



Gray, Mau. ed. (i, 032. Chap. Fl. 575. Vasey, Contr. Nat. Herb. 3:32. Coulter, 

 Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 :.507. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2 : K), /. //,/. 14. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey to Florida, west to Texas, south- 

 ern Missouri, and Tennessee. 



Alabama: Mountain region, Metamorphic hills, Central Pine belt to Coast plain. 

 Damp thickets, borders of woods. Lee County, Auburn (/iwAer ,f Earlt). Tusca- 

 loosa County {E. A. Smith). Washington County, Yellowpinc. Mobile and Baldwin 

 counties. July to August; not common; perennial. 



Type locality: "Grows in damp close soils [South Carolina and GeorgiaJ."' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Pauicum scabriusculum Ell. Sk. 1: 121. 1817. 



Chap. Fl. 576. Vasev, Contr. Nat. Herb. 3:33. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 507. 



Louisianian area. Southeastern North. Carolina, Mississippi, and eastern Texas. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Shaded borders of ditches and ])onds. Mobile County, 

 Kagg's swamp, foot of Springhill. Baldwin County, Bayou Ingram. April, May; 

 infrequent; perennial. 



Type locality: " Sent to me from Savannah by Dr. Baldwin." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Pauicum commutatum Schult. Maur. 2 :242. 1824. Nahiahle Panici'.m. 



PaHiccm ne?T08»7H Muhl. Gram. 11(5. 1817. Not Lam. 



Ell. Sk. 1:122. Gray, .Man. ed. 6, 632. Chap. Fl. cd. 3, 5X4. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 

 Herb. 2 : 507. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2 : 49, 1. 13, f. oO. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario, New England, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and 

 Tennessee to Florida, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri. 



Alah.\ma: Over the State in shady woods; common. April, May. Perennial. 



Type locality not distinctly given. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Pauicum mattamusketeuse Ashe, Journ. Elisha Mitch. Soc. 15 : 45. 1898. 



An erect, rather stout perennial, the strict culm 2 to 4 feet high, liarbed at the 

 nodes; lower leaves and sheaths soft-])ubescent, the upper glabrous; leaves lanceo- 

 late, 3 to 5 inches long, 3 to 4 lines wide, spreading; panicle 3 to 5 inches long, long- 

 peduncled with numerous clustered branches; spikelets ellipsoid, glabrous, pointed, 

 fully 1 line long, first glume one-third the length of s])ikelet. 



Carolinian ( '.) and Louisianian areas. North Carolina. 



Alabama: Central Pine belt. Shadeddamp to wet places, margin of springs. Tus- 

 caloosa County {Dr. E. A. Smith). Buckley, locality not given. Our plants diiier 

 from the tj'pical material only in the smooth nodes and somewhat shorter leaves. 



Type locality : " Lake ^lattamuskeet. North Carolina." ( IV. W. Ashe, June, 1898.) 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



