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Panicum barbulatum Michx. (having a little beard). 



Occasional. Rocky woods and thickets usually in dry soil. 

 June —July. 



Panicum microcarpon Muhl. in Ell. (small-fruited). 



Panicum barbulatum of American authors, not Michx. 



Frequent. Low moist or wet thickets and open places. 

 June — July. 



Panicum boreale Nash (northern). 



Open bogs, wet meadows and moist sandy thickets. Ap- 

 parently rare in southern Connecticut : Griswold and Water- 

 ford (Graves), Franklin (R. W. Woodward & Graves), 

 Southington (Andrews, Bissell), Oxford and Monroe (Har- 

 ger). Probably occasional in the northern part of the state. 

 June — July. 



Panicum spretum Schult. (despised). 



Panicum nitidum of recent American authors, not Lam. 

 Panicum Eatoni Nash. 



Rare. Low meadows and sandy shores of ponds : Groton 

 and East Lyme (Graves), Columbia (Weatherby & Mrs. C. S. 

 Phelps ) . June — July. 



Panicum Lindheimeri Nash. 



Panicum nitidum Scribn. & Merr. in part. 



Dry sterile open ground. Occasional or frequent in south- 

 eastern and southwestern Connecticut, apparently rare else- 

 where: East Hartford (Weatherby), Southington (Andrews). 

 June —July. 



Panicum huachucae Ashe. 



Panicum unciphyllum of recent American authors, not Trin. 



Panicum pubescens of Britton's Manual. 



Common. Fields, woods and thickets usually in dry or 



sandy places. June — July. 

 Panicum huachucae Ashe, var. silvicola Hitchc. & Chase (liv- 

 ing in woods). 



Panicum lanuginosum of recent American authors in part. 

 Occasional or frequent. Woods and shaded ground in 



either dry or wet soil. June — July. 



