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pubescent with spreading hairs, much shorter than the inter- 
nodes. Panicle on a long peduncle, 6-12 cm. long, broadly 
oval, 2-3 cm. long, 1.5-2.5 cm. wide, branches glabrous, 
spreading : spikelets broadly obovate, 1.5 mm. long glabrous, 
the obtuse first scale one third the length of the firm 7- 
nerved second and third. 
Collected by the writer at Carlton, Minnesota, in August, 
in the simple state. Type material preserved in my herba- 
rium. 
PANICUM PARVIPANICULATUM n. sp. <A densely tufted pe- 
rennial, perfectly glabrous except the ligule. Culms 2-3.5 
dm. high, erect, at length sparingly fasciculately branched 
and more or less reclining. Stem leaves 3-5, distant, spread- 
ing or the upper erect, very much shorter than the sheaths, 
one-fifth to one-third the length of the internodes, 1—2 cm. 
long, 2-3 mm. wide, lanceolate, the upper reduced in size, 
soft, but rough on the upper surface: ligule densely pubes- 
cent with hairs about 2 mm. long: basal leaves numerous, 
tufted, remaining green until after flowering, 2-4 cm. long, 
4-5 mm. wide. Panicle exserted on a peduncle 3-5 cm. long, 
small, broadly ovate, 2-3cm. long, 1.7-2.5 cm. wide, branches 
few, horizontal or at length strongly reflexed, spikelets ellip- 
tic, acute at both ends, glabrous, barely 1 mm. long, pedicels 
divaricate, first scale ovate, acute, scarcely one-fourth as long 
as the thin faintly 7-nerved second and third, 
Panicum parvipaniculatum is related to P. lucidum from 
which it is separated by having somewhat smaller spikelets, 
smaller leaves and glabrous sheaths, and an erect habit. It 
begins to flower about two weeks earlier than C. /ucidum. 
Collected May 20, in Onslow county, N.C. Type material is 
preserved in my herbarium. 
PANICUM PAUCICILIATUM n. sp. A perennial forming small 
or large tufts. Culms 2-3 dm. long, rising from a geniculate 
base or reclining, at first simple at length much branched, 
reddish or purplish, sleuder, glabrous or the lower internodes 
puberulent. Stem leaves 3-4, lanceolate, 2-5 cm. long, 4-6 
mim. wide, spreading or ascending: glabrous or with a few 
