LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 49 



katchewan; S. to N. Eng.. N. J. and Fla. ; W. to Minn., Dak., 

 Neb., Kan., Mo., Ark. and S. Colo. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; principally in prairie dis- 

 trict; high or dry places. 



Herb.: Sheldon 1318, Lake Benton; Sheldon 1378, Ver- 

 di, Lincoln Co.; MacM. and Sheld. 13, Brainerd; Sandherg 605, 

 Red Wing; Fooie 11, Worthington. 



PANICUM Linn. Gen. 47 (1737). 



Thalasium Spreng. Syst. Cur. Post. 22, 30 (1827). 

 Digitaria Rich, in Pers. Syn. I, 84 (1805), 

 Syntherisma Walt. F1. Carol. 76 (1788). 

 Tricliachne Nees, Agrost. Bras. 85 (1829). 

 Acicarpa Raddi, Agrost. Bras. 31 (1823). 

 Urochloa Kunth, Rev. Gram. I, 31 (1835). 

 Coridochloa I^Iees, Edln. Phil. Journ. XV, 381 (1831?). 

 Eriacline Philippi, Sert. Mend. Alt. 49 (I860?). 

 Holosetum, Mesosetuin Steud. Syn. Glum. I, 118 (1855). 

 Blultia, Kliynchelythruni Nees, F1. Afr. Austr. Gram. 61, 

 64 (1841). 



Thrasya H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Spec. I, 120 (1815). 

 Tylothi-asya Doell. Mart. Fl. Bras. II, 2, 295 (1833). 

 ? Dimorpliostachys Fourn. Compt. Rend, LXXX, 441 (1875). 

 Paractaenium, Urochloa, Echinocliloa, Hyineiiachne 

 Beauv. Agrostogr. 47, 48, 53 (1812). 



Streptostachys Desvx. Bull. Philom. II, 190 (1810). 

 Otachyriiim Nees, Agrost. Bras. 273 (1829). 

 Coleataenia Griseb. Symb. Arg. 308 (1875). 

 Tricliolaena Schrad. R. and S. Syst. II, Mant. 163 (1824). 

 ? Grameriuin Desvx. ex Dur. 1. c. (1888). 

 ? AlloteropsLs Presl, ex Dur. 1. c. (1888). 

 Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. Ill, 1100; Durand, Lid. Gen. Phan. 466: 

 Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, II, 35, 36 (Hackel); Schenck, Palaeo- 

 phyt. 384. 



Living species: 310 ± ; temperate and warmer regions; 

 Europe, 13; Russia, 10-12; N. America, 67; So. Sts., 48; E. 

 Sts., 22; California, 15; Rocky Mts., 5; Canada, 15; Texas, 41; 

 PI. Wheel., 5; PI. King, 3. 



Fossil species: ? Tertiary of Switzerland (Schenck). 



Panicum crus-galli Linn. var. hispidum (Muhl.) Torr. Fl. 

 N. Y. II, 424 (1843). 



P. muriatum MiCHX. Fl. N. Am. I, 47 (1803). 

 P. imlteri Pursh, Fl. Am. 66 (1814). 

 P. hispidum Muhl. Gram. 187 (1^7). 

 Oplismenus muricatus Kunth, Enum. I, 143 (1833). 

 Wats. andCoult., Gray's Man., 6 ed. 634; Britt.,Fl. N. J. 282; Mac.Fl- 

 Can. II, 177: Webb., Fl. Neb. 106; Upham, Fl. Minn. 173; Roth., Wheel- 

 Exp. 295; Wats., King Exp. 394; Gov., Fl. Ark. 232; Vas., Mon. 37. 

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