196 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Panicum virgatum L. Broom-like Panic Grass. 

 PI. IX., Fig. 2. 

 Panicum virgatum Linnseus, Sp. PL 59. 1753 [Virginia]. — Britton 282. 



Abundant along the salt mars'hes and the Delaware and other 

 large rivers ; only casual elsewhere and probably introduced. 

 Pi. — Alid-July to mid-September. 



Middle District— 'New Egypt, Fish House, Camden (H&C), Kaighns Pt., 

 Swedesboro, Salem, Beaver Dam. 



Pine Barrens. — Speedwell (S), Landisville, Winslow (S), Hammonton. 



Coast Strip. — Sandy Hook, Pt. Pleasant, Seaside Park, Forked River, 

 Ship Bottom (L), Beach Haven (L), Barnegat City (L), Spray Beach (L), 

 Longport (S), Ocean City (S). Stone Harbor (S), Five-Mile Beach, Cape 

 May. 



Panicum virgatum cubense Griseb. Cuban Panic Grass. 



Panicuui virgatum cubense Grisebach, Cat. PI. Cub. 233. 1866 [Hanabana 

 Cuba]. 



Similar situations to the preceding. The majority of the 

 specimens examined, however, are from farther inland, either in 

 the Pine Barrens or Middle district. 



Fl. — Early July to early September. 



Middle District. — Lindenwold. Burlington. 



Pine Barrens. — Hanover, Pasadena, Atsion (H&C), Egg Harbor City, 

 Island Heights. 



Panicum amarum Ell. Beach Panic Grass. 



Panicum aiiiaruiii Elliot, Bot. S. C. and Ga., I. 121. 1817 [South Caro- 

 lina]. — Keller and Brown 36. 

 Panicum amarum var minor Britton 282. 



Sea beaches frequent : extending up the bay shore at least 

 as far as Town Bank. 



Fl. — Early September to late October. 



Maritime.— Sandy Hook, Long Branch, Seaside Park, Barnegat City 

 (L), St. Albans (L), Holgate's (L), Ocean City, Holly Beach (UP), Cape 

 May, Cape May Point. 



Panicum agrostoides Spreng. Agrostis-lil<e Panic Grass. 



Panicum agrostoides Sprengel, PI. Pugill II.: 4. 1815 [Pennsylvania]. — 

 Britton 281. 



Moist open ground; common in the northern counties and 

 casual southward in the Middle district. 

 Fl. — Mid-July to early September. 



