85 JOURNAL OF THE 
PaANIcUM YADKINENSE n. nom. FP. maculatum Ashe, not 
P. maculatum Aubl. 
Panicum BoGukAanum n. nom. FP. annulum Ashe, not P. 
annulatum A. Rich. 
Panicum AUSTRO-MONTANUM n. sp. A tufted perennial 
1.5-2.5 dm. high. Culms very slender, erect, glabrous. 
Leaves of stem 2-4, spreading, .5-1.5cm. long, 3-4 mm. wide, 
broadly lanceolate, narrowed or rounded at the base, light 
green, thin and soft; basal leaves numerous, somewhat long- 
er than those of the stem: ligule a ring of hairs about 2 mm_ 
long: sheaths very short, one-fourth to one-half the length 
of the internodes, generally about the length of the leaves, 
at least the lower pubescent, especially at the throat, with 
soft spreading hairs 2 mm. long, nodes barbed with soft 
spreading hairs. Panicle short-peduncled, 1-2 cm. long, and 
somewhat narrower, the branches spreading: spikelets broad- 
ly obovate, .7 mm. long, first scale one-third the length of 
- the faintly 5-nerved glabrous second and third. 
This species is related to P. Cuthbertii Ashe, from which 
separated by having pubescent sheaths and broader spikelets; 
and to P. curtifolium Nash, from which it is separated by 
having much “shorter leaves and smaller spikelets. Along 
mountain streams of northern Alabama and the adjacent 
parts of Tennessee. Type material is preserved in my her- 
barium. 
PANICUM CURTIVAGINUM n. sp. <A tufted perennial. Culms 
glabrous, very slender, erect, 4-6dm. high. Stem leaves 
4-6, narrowly lanceolate, 4-8 cm. long, 3-5 mm. wide, the 
upper reduced in size, soft and. thin, bright green, glabrous, 
except for a few 3-4 mm. long cilia at the base of the lower 
ones, faintly nerved, narrowed to the base, long taper-point- 
ed, spreading or ascending; basal leaves somewhat longer 
and wider: internoded much longer than the leaves and 
sheaths, leaves longer than the sheaths: sheaths glabrous: 
ligule pubescent with white hairs about |!mm. long. Panicle 
long-exserted, 3-6 cm. long, 2-3 cm. wide, the numerous 
branches ascending: spikelets broadly elliptic, quite 1.5 mm. 
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