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42) Panicum WRIGHTIANUM Scribn., Bul. 11, U.S. 
Div. of Agrost., 44 (1898). Stems densely tufted, much 
branched above, sometimes puberulent. Sheaths very 
short, occasionally pubescent; ligule sometimes pubes- 
cent. Leaves lanceolate, somewhat rounded at the base, 
1’—2’ long, erect, glabrous, taper-pointed. Panicle ob- 
long, 37-13’ long, branches fascicled, short; spikelets 
obovate, less than $” long, second and third scales faint- 
ly 5-nerved. 
Florida and westward along the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts. 
Florida: Nash; Lake county, 1894, No. 1238. Florida: Curtiss; Jack- 
sonville, 1894, No. 5588. North Carolina: Ashe; near Newberne, 
1898. 
43) PANICUM SPHAGNICOLUM Nash, Torr. Bul. 22: 
422 (1895), Cespitose, stems at first erect, soon reclin- 
ing and much elongated, 12’—30’ long, very slender, 
olabrous. Sheaths much shorter than the internodes, 
olabrous, no ligule. Leaves erect, 3’—1 3’ long, 2”—3’ 
wide, narrowly lanceolate, narrowed to the somewhat 
rounded base, glabrous, 5-nerved. Panicles 1’—1%’ long, 
branches erect, or ascending; spikelets ;” long, broad- 
ly obovate, glabrous, the second and third scales 
7-nerved. 
Delaware to Florida and Tennessee. At first unbranched, eventual- 
ly with slender, reclining branches and small, sessile panicles. Color 
light green. Delaware : Canby ; Ogleton, June, 1896. District of 
Columbia: Kearney ; June, 1897. North Carolina: Small; Duns’ Mt., 
August, 1894. North Carolina; Biltmore Herbarium, Biltmore, 
August, 1898 No. 5066b. Florida; Nash, No. 2500. 
44) Panicum LucIDUM Ashe, sp. nov. Cespitose, culms 
reclining or prostrate, weak, glabrous. Sheaths glab- 
rous, except the ciliate margin, very short; ligule none. 
Leaves spreading, 1’ long or generally less, narrowly 
lanceolate, very acute, narrowed to the base, glabrous, 
rather distant. Panicle peduncled, 15’ long or less, 
equally as wide, the branches single or several together, 
