GRASS FAMILY. 123 
30. Panicum miliaceum [. Millet. 
(Fig. 272.) 
Panicum miliaceum J,. Sp. Pl. 58. 1753- 
Culms erect or decumbent, rather stout, 1° or more 
tall, glabrous or hirsute. Sheaths papillose-hirsute ; 
leaves 5’-10’ long, 14’-1’ wide, more or less pubes- 
cent; panicle rather dense, 4/-10’ long; branches erect 
or ascending; spikelets 2//-214/’ long, acuminate ; 
first scale about two-thirds as long as the spikelet, acum- 
inate, 5-7-nerved ; second scale 2//-2'4’ long, acum- 
inate, 13-nerved, somewhat exceeding the 7-13-nerved 
acuminate third one, which subtends an empty palet; 
fourth scale shorter than the third, becoming indu- 
rated, obtuse. ae : 
In waste places, Maine to New York, New Jersey and & : ey 
Pennsylvania, Adventive fromthe Old World. July-Sept. =p 
31. Panicum proliferum Lam. Spreading Panicum. (Fig. 273.) 
Panicum proliferum Yam. Encycl. 4: 7474: 1797. 
Panicum geniculatum Muhl. Gram. 123. 1817. 
Culms at first erect, 1°—2° tall, simple, later de- 
cumbent and geniculate, 4°-6° long, branched at all 
the upper nodes. Sheaths loose, glabrous, some- 
what flattened; ligule ciliate; leaves 6’—2° long, 
2//-10’’ wide, long-acuminate, scabrous on the mar- 
gins and occasionally on the nerves; panicle pyra- 
midal, 4’-16’ long, lower branches 3/—6’ long, at 
length widely spreading; spikelets 1//-1%4” long, 
crowded, lanceolate, acute, glabrous, sometimes 
purplish; first scale about one-fourth as long as the 
spikelet, enclosing its base; second and third scales 
about equal, acute, 5-7-nerved; fourth scale elliptic, 
shining, somewhat shorter than or equalling the 
third. 
In wet soil, Maine to Pennsylvania and Nebraska, 
south to Florida and Texas. July—Sept. 
32. Panicum capillare I, Witch Grass. 
Tumble-weed. (Fig. 274.) 
Panicum capillare 1,. Sp. Pl. 58. 1753. 
Culms erect or decumbent, 1°—2° tall, simple or some- 
times sparingly branched. Sheaths papillose-hirsute; 
leaves 6/-1° long, 3/’-8’’ wide, more or less pubescent; 
terminal panicle generally 8/—14’ long, lower branches 
at first included in the upper sheath, finally exserted 
and widely spreading, 6’-10’ long; lateral panicles, 
when present, smaller; spikelets 1/’-14’’ long, acu- 
niinate ; first scale one-fourth to one-half as long as 
the spikelet; second and third scales nearly equal, 
very acute, the fourth 3’ long. 
In dry soil, common as a weed in cultivated fields, Nova 
Scotia to British Columbia, south to Florida, Nevada and 
Texas. July-Sept. 
Panicum capillare Gattingéri Nash. 
Panicum capillare var. campestre Gattinger, Tenn. Fl. 94. 1887. Not P. campestre Nees, 1529. 
Culms more slender than in the type; terminal panicle rarely over 6’ long, the lateral ones very 
numerous. Moist places, New Jersey to Tennessee, Missouri and southward, 
