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Stem leaves erect, oblong-lanceolate, the largest near the 
middle of the stem, 2’—33’ long, 2’’—4’’ wide, about 
equalling the internodes, thickish, smooth to villous; 
the later leaves smooth and much smaller, densely fasci- 
cled at the upper part of the stem. Panicle long-pedun- 
cled, 2’——-3’ long, the few long, flexuous branches ascend- 
ing, few-flowered. Spikelets 14’’ long, broadly obovate, 
obtuse, abruptly contracted at the base, the second and 
third scales strongly 7—9-nerved, very pubescent. 
Virginia: Ashe; June, 1897. North Carolina: Ashe; Chapel Hill, 
1896. Florida : Curtiss. P. oligosanthes Schult. and P. Ra finesqui- 
anum Schult. are probably referable to this species. 
26) PANICUM NEURANTHUM Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub. 
532 (1866). Culms somewhat clustered, at first simple, 
erect or ascending, 8’—20’ long, at length very much 
branched above and reclining or spreading, glabrous or 
somewhat pubescent. Sheaths shorter than the inter- 
nodes, the lower pubescent, the upper smooth, those of 
the fascicled secondary branches much crowded; ligule 
pubescent. Earlier leaves erect, flat, glabrous, linear- 
lanceolate, the largest 3’—4’ long, 2’’—23’’ wide, nar- 
rowed at the base, longer than the internodes ; the later 
crowded, smaller, linear, ascending on the spreading or 
reclining branches, often involute, very much longer than 
the small, barely exserted panicles. Primary panicle 
oblong, 3’—4’ long, glabrous, the branches at first as- 
cending, at length spreading, the rather few large flow- 
ers borne mostly on long flexuous pedicels ; spikelets 
about 1’ long, broadly obovate. 
Dry sandy soil along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from Virginia 
southward. ‘This species is apparently very close to P. consanguineum. 
I have only been able to examine Curtiss’ 3587,* which has been referr- 
ed by Nash to this species, and this being in the autumnal state, is 
rather unsatisfactory for comparision. 
27) PANICUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM Ejll., Sk. 1:129(1817), 
P. setaceum Muhl. Gram. (1817). Stems generally sin- 
