No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 5 1 



PANICUM L. Panic Grass. 



A large genus, made tip for the most part of lowly grasses 

 of little or no agricultural value, but of much scientific interest. 



Panicum verrucosum Muhl. (warty). 



Rare. New Haven, in damp shaded ground (Harger). 

 Sept.— Oct. 



Panicum capillare L. (hair-like). 



Old-witch Grass. Tumble-weed. Tickle Grass. 



Common. Cultivated ground and waste places. July — 

 Sept. 



Panicum philadelphicum Bernh. 



Panicum minus Nash, according to description. 

 Panicum minimum Scribn. & Merr. 



Dry woods and thickets and on sandy shores of ponds and 

 rivers. Rare in New London County (Graves) ; occasional 

 in southwestern Connecticut (Eames) ; extending up the 

 Connecticut River as far as East Windsor (Bissell). Aug. — 

 Sept. 



Panicum miliaceum L. (millet). 



Common, True, European or Broom Corn ^Millet. 



Rare or occasional. Roadsides and waste places in and 

 about towns and cities. Aug. — Sept. Fugitive or adventive 

 from Europe. 



The seeds are highly nutritious and are used in some coun- 

 tries as human food ; also in domestic medicine. The grain 

 is excellent for feeding poultry. In the Old World it has 

 been cultivated from prehistoric times. 



Panicum dichotomifiorum ]\Iichx. (having its flower-stalks 



forked in pairs). 

 Panicum prolifentm of American authors, not Lam. 



Occasional or frequent. Chiefly in moist ground, espe- 

 cially on borders of ponds and rivers. Aug. — Sept. 



Panicum amaroides Scribn. & Merr. (like Panicum amarum). 

 Panicum amarum Ell., var. minor Vasey & Scribn. 



Sea beaches and sand dunes. Rare or local on the coast 

 eastward: Old Lyme (Graves), Guilford (Dr. Barratt). Be- 

 coming occasional along the Sound westward. Aug. — Oct. 



