PANICEiE. 103 



branches of the jianicle and s])ikc'lets, villous. Panicle open, 20-30 

 cm. long, branches mostly simple, those ])elow 4-G cm. long, those 

 above 2 cm. long. Spikelets 2-flowered, mostly single, some in 

 pairs or in threes, oval, abru{)tly pointed, 4 mm. long ; first and 

 second glumes membranous, obtuse when spread, 5-nerved ; lower 

 palea as long as the second glume, hyaline, 2-nerved, enclosing a 

 stamiuate flower ; fertile floret oval, obtuse or mucronate, 3 Uxm. 

 long. 



Much like E. jninctata, and in Index Kewensis placed with 

 that species. 



"Sea islands of South Carolina,'' Elliott. Florida, Citrtiss 

 3600. 



5. E. punctata (L.) W. Hamilt. Prod. PL Ind. Occ. 5 (1825). 

 Milium j)unci((fnin L. AmoMi. Acad. 5 : 392 (1759). Helnpns 

 pilosKS Trin. Fund. Agrost. 104 (1820). (EdijxtcJnie p/airfftfa 

 Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 51 (1827). Helopus piouiatns Nees, Agrost. 

 Bras. 16 (1829). 



Perennial ; culms bi'anching below, smooth or silky hairy, es- 

 pecially at the nodes and near the panicle, 40-70 cm. high. 

 Sheaths smooth or soft hairy, reaching nearly to the nodes ; blades 

 flat, hirsute above, 5-15 cm. long, 3-10 mm. wide. Panicle 

 simple, narrow, exserted or partially included, 7-10 cm. long, 

 rachis and branches short-hairy, branches 5-8, secund, subsimple, 

 2-3 or even 5 cm. long. Spikelets mostly single, some in pairs, on 

 pedicels 2-4 mm. long, clothed with short hairs, ovate-lanceolate, 

 3.5-4 mm. long, with an awn 0.5-2 mm. long ; the 2 empty 

 glumes 5-nerved, first the larger ; fertile floret rough, narroAvly 

 oval, 2.5-3 mm. long, very briefly mucronate, or with the awn 

 longer. 



New Mexico, U. S. Dept. Agricul. 17 ; Texas (El Paso), Jo7ies 

 4177 ; Mexico, Pringh 812 ; Arizona, Pringle ; Lower California,. 

 Palmer 44. 



Texas, Arizona, Xew Mexico, Mexico, West Indies, Buenos 

 Ayres. 



6. E. aristata Vasey, Bull. Torr. Club, 13: 229 (188G). 

 Culms rather stout, decumbent and branching below, nodes 



