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69. p. viscidum Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1:123, t. 7, /. 3 (1817). 

 P. scoparinm Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:49 (1803), uot Lam. 

 (1797). 



A robust branching leafy perennial, 90-120 cm. high, softly 

 hairy throughout, except the nodes, branches of the panicle and 

 sometimes the upper surface of the leaves. Leaf-blades flat, 

 lanceolate, narrowed toward the base, 12-24 cm. long, 1-2 cm. 

 wide. Panicle compound; branches glandular, diffuse, the base 

 included by the upper sheath, 12-18 cm. long. Spikelets borne on 

 capillary flexuose pedicels, elliptical, subacute, about 2.5 mm. 

 long; first glume thin, 1-nerved, less than 1 mm. long; second and 

 floral glume of the neuter floret 7-9-nerved ; palea much shorter 

 and narrower; fertile floret ovate-oblong, subacute, 2 mm. long. 



Alabama, Molir; District of Columbia, McCarthy. Wet places 

 near the seacoast. 



New England to Florida and Texas. 



Var. scabriusculum. P. scabriusculum Chapm. Fl. S. States 

 576 (1860), non Ell. P. Nealleyi Vasey. 



Sheaths and lower side of the blades smooth, rough or more or 

 less pubescent. Spikelets smooth or minutely pubescent under a 

 lens. 



Alabama (Mobile), Molir; Texas, Nealley; Florida, Cliapman 

 31. 



North Carolina to Florida and Texas. 



70. P. scoparium Lam. Encycl. 4:744 (1797). P. pauciflorum 

 Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1: 120 (1817). 



A tufted upright perennial, branching much or little, 30-60 

 cm. high. Culm rough or smooth, rather stout, internodes longer 

 than the sheaths. Sheaths hairy; blades flat, firm, lanceolate, 

 mostly hairy beneath, faintly 7-11-nerved, 6-14 cm. long, 7-13 

 mm. wide. Panicles exserted, simple, ovoid or pyramidal, 4-7 cm. 

 long. Spikelets all pedicelled, obovate-obtuse, pubescent, 3 mm. 

 long, often purple at the base; first glume broad, 1-nerved, over 1 

 mm. long, second not longer than the fertile floret, 9-11-nerved; 

 floral glume of the neuter floret 9-nerved, its palea thin and much 

 shorter; fertile floret firm, smooth, broad-oval, 2.5 mm. long. 



