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duncled, 2’—3’ long, the few-fiowered branches ascend- 
ing; Spikelets 1}’’ to 14” long, obovate, the slender ped- 
icels two to many times their length. 
Dry soil, central New York. Plant light green, drying yellowish. 
Closely resembling P. xanthophysum to which it is related. Type ma- 
terial collected by the writer at Watkins, Lake Seneca, N. Y., Aug. 
1898. It has also been collected by Prof. W. W. Rowlee: East 
Schroeppel, N. Y., June 1895. 
10) PANICUM SCABRIUSCULUM E)lliott,Sk. 1:121(1817). | 
P. Neaileyi Vasey. Culms forming large tufts, erect, 
24 feet high, at first simple, at length much branched 
at each joint; stem glabrous. Lower sheaths generally 
spotted with purple, often papillose-hirsute or villous, 
the upper sheaths of the primary stem @labrous and dis- 
tant; secondary sheaths papillose-hirsute and overlap- 
ping; ligule pilose ;;nedes sometimes barbed. Leaves 
ascending, linear-lanceolate, about 6’’ wide, 4+’—7’ long, 
the numerous branches ascending or spreading; spike- 
lets very numerous, 1’’—1}°’ long, elliptical-ovate or 
ovate, acute, glabrous; secondary panicles concealed 
within the sheaths. 
The affinity of this species is with P. clandestinum, Ditches and sun- 
ny swamps, southeastern Virginia to Texas. Not common. Vir- 
ginia: Ashe; Norfolk, 1897. North Carolina: Ashe; Moore Co. 
1897. Texas: Nealley, 1892. 
11) Panicum scopartum Lam. Encl. 7: 744(1797). 
Culms single or a few together, erect, strict, columnar, 
often purplish, papillose-hirsute. Sheaths papillose- 
pubescent, the pubescence harsh, the upper overlapping ;- 
ligule pilose. Lower leaves distant, the upper approxi- 
mate, 2’—4’ long, 5’’—7’”’ wide, firm, spreading, smooth 
above, beneath soft-pubescent. Panicle 2’—3° long, the 
few branches solitary, at length spreading, 1—4-flow- 
ered. 
The affinity of this species is with P. Scribnerianum. Virginia: 
Small and Heller; Danville, June, 1892. North Carolina: Ashe; 
Chapel Hill, 1897. South Carolina: Ravenel; Aiken. 
