The Book of Grasses 



Scribner's Panic-grass. Pdnicum 

 Scrihnerianum Nash. 



Perennial. 

 Stem 6'-24' tall, erect, branched, often 

 reddish. Sheaths usually bristly. 

 Ligule of short hairs. Leaves 2'-4' 

 long, 3"-6" wide, flat, rounded at 

 base, rough -margined, usually 

 hairy on margins below. 

 P<3;zzV/^ I '-3' long, pyramidal, few- 

 flowered. Spikelets i-f!ower- 

 ed, roundish, about i§"long. 

 Scales 4; ist scale small; 

 flowering scale shining, en- 

 closing a palet of similar 

 texture. Stamens 3, anthers 

 purple. Stigmas purple. 

 Dry or moist soil, waysides, fields, 

 and near borders of ponds. June 

 to September. 

 ^^^^^^ Maine to Ontario and Wyoming, 

 south to Tennessee, Texas, and 

 Arizona. 

 Characteristic of this species, and of several 

 other Panic-grasses, are dense rosettes of 

 short, broad, basal leaves, formed in au- 

 tumn and noticeable during winter and 

 spring. 



Hispid Panic-grass. 

 destinum L. 



Pdnicum clan- 



Perennial. 

 Stem 2-4 ft. tall, erect or ascending, branched. 

 Sheaths usually longer than internodes, 

 bristly with short, stiff hairs. Ligule very 

 short. Leaves I'-g' long, 6"-i2" wide, 

 rough-margined, hairy on margins at base. 

 Panicle 3'-6' long, pyramidal, open, panicles on 

 branches usually included in upper sheaths. 

 Spikelets i -flowered, oblong, about i" long. 

 Scales 4; ibt scale about 3 as long as 

 spikelet; flowering scale shining, enclosing 

 a palet of similar texture. Stamens 3. 

 Stigmas purple. 

 Damp soil, thickets and river banks. June to 

 September. 

 Quebec to Michigan, south to Georgia and Texas. 



Long Panic-grass 

 Panicum agrostoides 



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